Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of infections in the immunocompromised host / Lesia K. Dropulic and Howard M. Lederman -- Hiv / Yun F. (Wayne) Wang ... [et al.] -- Cytomegalovirus / Cari R. Sloma, Thomas E. Grys, and Raymund R. Razonable -- Epstein barr virus and human herpesvirus / David T. Rowe, Frank J. Jenkins, and Heather R. Hensler -- HSV, VZV, HHV-6, and HHV-7 / Paula A. Revell, James H. Clark III, and Beverly B. Rogers -- Adenovirus / Michael G. Ison and Randall T. Hayden -- RNA respiratory viruses / Michael G. Ison and Eric S. Rosenberg -- Enteroviruses / James J. Dunn -- Parvovirus / Marie Louise Landry -- Filamentous fungi / Gary W. Procop, Randall T. Hayden, and Glenn D. Roberts -- Yeast infections in the immunocompromised host : current status of diagnostic approaches / Justin A. Bishop and William G. Merz -- Mycobacteria / Nancy G. Warren and Gail L. Woods -- Aerobic actinomycetes of clinical significance / Michael A. Saubolle -- Diagnostic parasitology in the immunocompromised patient / Lynne S. Garcia -- Etiology, epidemiology, and diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections in immunocompromised patients / Karen C. Carroll -- Genitourinary tract infections / Barbara L. Haller -- Gastrointestinal infections / Irving Nachamkin -- Central nervous system infections / Igen Hongo, Karen C. Bloch, and Yi-Wei Tang -- Laboratory diagnosis of bloodstream infections in the immunocompromised host / Cathy A. Petti, Hafsa Hassan, and L. Barth Reller -- Infections of soft tissue/prosthetic devices / Xiang Y. Han -- Hospital-associated infections / Fann Wu, Susan Whittier, and Phyllis Della-Latta -- Future trends in diagnosis of infections in the immunocompromised population / Donna M. Wolk and Elizabeth M. Marlowe.