Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections

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Infectious diseases are important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. In certain instances, the malignancy itself can predispose patients to severe or recurrent infections. Neutropenia has been recognized for many decades as a major risk factor, and effective strategies to anticipate, prevent, and manage infectious complications in patients with cancer experiencing neutropenia have led to improved outcomes. Reflecting the heterogeneity of immunocompromised conditions in patients with cancer and the spectrum of pathogens to which they are susceptible, NCCN expanded the scope of the Fever and Neutropenia Panel in 2007 to create guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections. These guidelines, newly updated for 2008, characterize major categories of immunologic deficits in persons with cancer and the major pathogens to which they are susceptible.For the most recent version of the guidelines, please visit NCCN.org
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Journal journal of the national comprehensive cancer network
Year 2008
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10.6004/jnccn.2008.0013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2008.0013
Keywords
immunity National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine community-acquired infections / epidemiology neoplasms / complications* practice guideline alison g freifeld communicable diseases / etiology communicable diseases / epidemiology* risk assessment antibiotic prophylaxis cellular community-acquired infections / prevention & control antifungal agents / therapeutic use mycoses / epidemiology soft tissue infections / prevention & control soft tissue infections / epidemiology immunocompromised host* virus diseases / prevention & control communicable diseases / immunology pneumococcal infections / prevention & control viral vaccines / administration & dosage pneumococcal infections / epidemiology adrenal cortex hormones / administration & dosage mycoses / prevention & control neoplasms / immunology pmid:18319048 doi:10.6004/jnccn.2008.0013 brahm h segal angelina s the cytomegalovirus infections / prevention & control neutropenia / epidemiology nose diseases / epidemiology nose diseases / prevention & control primary prevention* virus diseases / epidemiology

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