Jacek Puzio, Ewa Kucewicz, Mirosława Sioła, Anna Dworniczak, Jacek Wojarski, Sławomir Zegleń, Waldemar Pakosiewicz, Tomasz Maciejewski, Marian Zembala
BACKGROUND: New diseases and therapies that lead to marked immunocompromise, have brought to medicine so-called opportunistic infections, caused by pathogens that usually do not cause disease in the presence of a healthy immune system. First diagnosed in AIDS patients, opportunistic infections have appeared in many other situations, including transplant recipients, other immunosuppressed patients, and even in otherwise healthy patients undergoing major elective surgery. Among the most common pathogens causing atypical infections are: Pneumocistis jiroveci, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Legionella...
2009: Anestezjologia Intensywna Terapia