Further reading

Guidelines for solid organ transplant patients

American Society of Transplantation (AST). Infectious disease guidelines. [URL]

European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare of the Council of Europe (EDQM). Guide to the quality and safety of organs for transplantation. 7th ed. France: EDQM; 2018. [URL] (see ‘Chapter 8. Risk of transmission of infectious diseases’)

Husain S, Sole A, Alexander BD, Aslam S, Avery R, Benden C, et al. The 2015 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the management of fungal infections in mechanical circulatory support and cardiothoracic organ transplant recipients: Executive summary. J Heart Lung Transplant 2016;35(3):261–82. [URL]

White SL, Rawlinson W, Boan P, Sheppeard V, Wong G, Waller K, et al. Infectious Disease Transmission in Solid Organ Transplantation: Donor Evaluation, Recipient Risk, and Outcomes of Transmission. Transplant Direct 2019;5(1):e416. [URL]

Guidelines for oncology, haematology and haematopoietic stem cell transplant patients

Australian and New Zealand Consensus Guidelines for the Use of Antifungal Agents in the Haematology/oncology Setting 2014. [URL]

Baden LR, Swaminathan S, Angarone M, Blouin G, Camins BC, Casper C, et al. Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections, Version 2.2016, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2016;14(7):882–913. [URL]

eviQ, Cancer Institute NSW. eviQ Cancer Treatments Online. [URL]

Maertens J, Marchetti O, Herbrecht R, Cornely OA, Fluckiger U, Frere P, et al. European guidelines for antifungal management in leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: summary of the ECIL 3—2009 update. Bone Marrow Transplant 2011;46(5):709–18. [URL]

Slavin MA, Heath CH, Thursky KA, Morrissey CO, Szer J, Ling LM, et al. Antifungal prophylaxis in adult stem cell transplantation and haematological malignancy. Intern Med J 2008;38(6b):468–76. [URL]

Taplitz RA, Kennedy EB, Bow EJ, Crews J, Gleason C, Hawley DK, et al. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Adult Patients With Cancer-Related Immunosuppression: ASCO and IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline Update. J Clin Oncol 2018:JCO1800374. [URL]

Tomblyn M, Chiller T, Einsele H, Gress R, Sepkowitz K, Storek J, et al. Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: a global perspective. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2009;15(10):1143–238. [URL]

Yokoe D, Casper C, Dubberke E, Lee G, Munoz P, Palmore T, et al. Infection prevention and control in health-care facilities in which hematopoietic cell transplant recipients are treated. Bone Marrow Transplant 2009;44(8):495–507. [URL]

Cervical cancer screening in immunocompromised women:

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin No. 168: Cervical cancer screening and prevention. Obstet Gynecol 2016;128(4):e111–30. [URL]