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# Opportunistic Fungi in Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplant Patients: Diagnosis and Management Strategies
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Welcome to the Web version of the CME course entitled "Opportunistic Fungi in Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplant Patients: Diagnosis and Management Strategies".

Instructions for taking this Web version of the course:

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Table of Contents

• Inroduction   Begin Course Here!
  • Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation – Patients and Procedures
     • The Patient – Factors Relevant to Fungal Infections
     • The Procedure – Factors Relevant to Fungal Infections
• The Immune Defect
• Invasive Fungal Infections
  • Risk Factors for Fungal Infections
  • When to Think of Fungal Infections
• Diagnosis
  • Clinical Evaluation: History
  • Clinical Evaluation: Physical Examination
  • Radiology
     • Invasive Aspergillosis
     • Hepatosplenic Candidiasis
  • Histologic and Microscopic Examination
  • Culture of Fungal Pathogens
  • Testing for Fungal Antigens and DNA
• Therapeutic Strategies: Prevention of Fungal Infections
  • Environmental Issues
  • Choice of Antifungal Agent
  • Resistance Concerns
  • Enhancing Host Defenses
• Therapeutic Strategies: Empirical Antifungal Therapy
  • Empirical Therapy
     • When and If to Initiate Empirical Therapy
     • Choice of Antifungal Agent
  • Preemptive Antifungal Therapy
• Therapeutic Strategies: Treating a Documented Infection
  • Candida Infections
  • Aspergillus Infections
• References
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Post Test


Course Number: V035D

This CME Expires on July 1, 2005; no tests will be accepted after this date.

This course is accredited by The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Center for Continuing Education and The International Immunocompromised Host Society

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