Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Infectious Complications of Cancer

  • Book
  • © 1995

Overview

Editors:
  1. Jean Klastersky

    1. Service de Medecine Interne et Laboratoire d’Inverstigation, Clinique, H.J. Tagnon, Institut Jules Bordet, Centre des Tumeurs de L’Universite, Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 79)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 259.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Factors predisposing cancer patients to infection

    • Claudio Viscoli, Elio Castagnola
    Pages 1-30

  3. Signs and symptoms of infections and differential diagnosis from noninfectious conditions

    • Robert Hemmer
    Pages 31-44

  4. Chemoprophylaxis for the prevention of bacterial and fungal infections

    • J. Peter Donnelly
    Pages 45-81

  5. Infection control for oncology

    • R. Todd Wiblin, Richard P. Wenzel
    Pages 83-100

  6. Empiric therapy for bacterial infections in neutropenic patients

    • Jean Klastersky
    Pages 101-112

  7. New antifungal compounds and strategies for treatment of invasive fungal infections in patients with neoplastic diseases

    • Thomas J. Walsh, Caron A. Lyman
    Pages 113-148

  8. Herpesvirus infections in immunocompromised patients

    • Robert Snoeck, Erik De Clercq
    Pages 149-171

  9. New and unusual infections in neutropenic patients

    • Stephen H. Zinner
    Pages 173-184

  10. Pneumonia in cancer patients

    • Estella Whimbey, James Goodrich, Gerald P. Bodey
    Pages 185-210

  11. Intravascular device-related infections in cancer patients

    • Issam I. Raad, Giuseppe Fraschini
    Pages 211-231

  12. Indications for intensive care in the management of infections in cancer patients

    • Jean-Paul Sculier
    Pages 233-244

  13. Colony-stimulating factors: Current applications and perspectives

    • Dominique Bron, Frank Jacob
    Pages 245-254

  14. Drug interaction and pharmacological considerations during anti-infective therapy in cancer patients

    • O. Petitjean, P. Nicolas, M. Tod
    Pages 255-280

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 281-289
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Despite the major developments in the therapeutic armamentarium for the treatment of infection, the morbidity and mortality of this complication remains very high in patients with compromised defences. Cancer and its treatment represents a major predisposing condition to a variety of infections. These adverse events are still with us, in spite of much progress in the therapy of infectious disease, since cancer therapy is becoming more aggressive, yet further lowering the host's capacity to cope with infections. Moreover, the pathogens adapt effectively to drugs, and at a pace that might outrun industry's capability to produce new agents. Finally, new pathogens are appearing as a consequence of both selection and severe immunosuppression.
Infection is so common among cancer patients that its diagnosis and management represent a daily challenge to all oncologists, who must continually strive to keep abreast of developments in the area. The present comprehensive review of the most crucial and challenging aspects of the infectious complications in cancer patients will help them to do just that.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Service de Medecine Interne et Laboratoire d’Inverstigation, Clinique, H.J. Tagnon, Institut Jules Bordet, Centre des Tumeurs de L’Universite, Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

    Jean Klastersky

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Infectious Complications of Cancer

  • Editors: Jean Klastersky

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1239-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3598-6Published: 31 January 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8527-4Published: 15 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1239-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 290

  • Topics: Oncology, Cancer Research, Infectious Diseases

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation