Part I Overview and Special Population

1. Infections in Patients with Cancer - An Overview
Amar Safdar
Gerald P. Bodey
Donald Armstrong

2. Infections in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Georg Maschmeyer
Per Ljungman

3. Infections in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy
Genovefa Papanicolaou
Jayesh Mehta

4. Infections in Patients with Solid-Organ Cancer
Alison G. Freifeld

5. Infections in Patients Treated with Monoclonal Antineoplastic Therapy
Andre Goy
Susan O'Brien

6. Infections in Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgical Procedure
Jose Francisco Tomas
Patricia Munoz
Juan Carlos Lopez Gutierrez
Emilo S. Bouza

7. Infections in Critically Ill Cancer Patients
Henry Masur

Part II Clinical Syndromes

Febrile Neutropenia

8. Management of Neutropenic Patients with Fever
Kenneth V. I. Rolston
Gerald P. Bodey

9. Controversies in Empiric Therapy for Febrile Neutropenia
John Wingard

Device-Related Infections

10. Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
Iba Al Wohoush
Anne-Marie Chaftari
Issam I. Raad

11. Treatment Strategies for Infected Indwelling Intravascular Devices
Nasia Safdar
Dennis Maki

Pulmonary Complications

12. Pneumonia and Other Lung Infections
Scott Evans
Amar Safdar

13. Noninfectious Lung Infiltrates Difficult to Distinguish from Pneumonia
Rana Kaplan
Vicky Shannon
Burton Dickey
Diane Stover

Gastrointestinal Tract Infections

14. Orointestinal Mucosal Barrier Injury and Risk of Infection
Nicole Blijlevens
Peter Donnelly

15. Intestinal Tract Bacterial Colonization and Host's Innate Immunity
Coralia N. Mihu
Karen J. Vigil
Javier A. Adachi
16. Neutropenic Enterocolitis and Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea
Amar Safdar
Bruno Granwehr
Herbert DuPont

17. Management of Hepatitis B and C Virus Reactivation in Cancer Patients
Harrys A. Torres
Marta Davila

18. Infections in Patients with Genitourinary Tract Cancer
Amar Safdar
Maurie Markman

19. Central Nervous System Infections in Patients with Cancer
Victor Mulanovich
Amar Safdar

20. Endocarditis in Cancer Patients - Endovascular Infections and Noninfectious Paraneoplastic Diseases
Sara E. Cosgrove
Aruna Subramanian

21. Skin Infections and Disorders Confused with Infections in Cancer Patients
Sharone Hymes
Susan Chon
Ana Ciurea

Part III Major Etiologic Agents

Fungal Infections

22. Overview of Fungal Infections
Amar Safdar

23. Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Disease in Cancer Patients
Dionissios Neofytos
Kieren Marr

24. Invasive Candidiasis and Candidemia in Cancer Patients
Juan Gea-Banacloche
Claudio Viscoli

25. Management of Aspergillosis, Zygomycosis, and Other Clinically Relevant Mold Infections in Patient with Cancer
Konstantinos Leventakos
Dimitrios Kontoyiannis

26. Endemic Mycosis and Cryptococcal Disease
Johan Maertens

27. Controversies in Management of Invasive Fungal Disease in Cancer Patients
Christopher D. Pfeiffer
Barbra Alexander
John Perfect

28. Fungal Drug Resistance and Pharmacologic Consideration of Dosing New Antifungal Agents
Russell E. Lewis
David S. Perlin

29. Immunotherapy for Difficult-to-Treat Invasive Fungal Disease in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy and Stem Cell Transplantation
Brahm H. Segal
Amar Safdar
David A. Stevens

Viral Infections

30. Cytomegalovirus in Patients with Cancer
Morgan Hakki
Per Ljungman
Michael Boeckh

31. Epstein-Barr virus, Varicella Zoster virus, and Human Herpes virus 6 & 8 Infections in Cancer Patients
Mini Kamboj
David M. Weinstock

32. Respiratory Viruses
Roy Chem