Skin Disease in Organ Transplantation

This is the first reference for the management and diagnosis of skin diseases in solid organ transplant recipients.For patients with end-stage organ failure, successful transplantation often comes with a host of complications in the form of aggressive and difficult-to-manage skin diseases. This book provides professional guidance to physicians and other health care providers in dermatology and transplantation on the optimal recognition and management of these difficult problems.For patients with end-stage organ failure, successful transplantation often comes with a host of complications in the form of aggressive and difficult-to-manage skin diseases. This book provides professional guidance to physicians and other health care providers in dermatology and transplantation on the optimal recognition and management of these difficult problems.Skin disease is a serious long-term problem for the recipients of solid organ transplants. The potent systemic immunosuppression therapy necessary to sustain a life-saving solid organ transplant is associated with many adverse cutaneous effects, including significantly increased rates of cutaneous malignancies, difficult-to-treat cutaneous infections, and cutaneous adverse manifestations of multiple medications. This book is the first scholarly compilation of the knowledge base surrounding the care of solid organ transplant recipients with dermatologic diseases.