UNUSUAL INFECTIONS AND NEW DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST

Over the past year, considerable progress has been made in the underst anding of the pathogenesis of a variety of infections found in the imm unocompromised host. Some interesting organisms not previously describ ed in this setting have been implicated as being causative of disease. Molecular methods for the detection of many organisms increase our ab ility to diagnose infection in these patients, and also make the accur ate monitoring of infection during treatment possible. (C) 1998 Lippin cott-Raven Publishers.