Common and Emerging Infections in Pediatric Transplant Recipients

Creator(s)

Jennifer Schuster, Children's Mercy Kansas CityFollow
Hilary Miller-Handley
Lara Danziger-Isakov

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

6-2021

Identifier

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_68

Abstract

Practitioners caring for pediatric transplant patients face unique issues compared with adult transplant providers. Distinct challenges to pediatric providers include incomplete or missed primary immunizations, lack of primary immunity to common illnesses, inability to definitively determine infectious serostatus in infants, and recognition of pediatric-specific disease states. Further, the lack of pediatric indications and dosing data for antimicrobials as well as variations in pediatric pharmacokinetics and drug exposure target levels complicates the treatment of infectious diseases in pediatric patients. As the field of pediatric transplantation continues to expand, additional pediatric data will guide best practices in the field, and pediatric-specific recommendations will increase.

Journal Title

Emerging Transplant Infections

First Page

1709

Last Page

1726

Recommended Citation

Schuster, J.E., Miller-Handley, H., Danziger-Isakov, L. (2021). Common and Emerging Infections in Pediatric Transplant Recipients. In: Morris, M.I., Kotton, C.N., Wolfe, C.R. (eds) Emerging Transplant Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_68