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Principles and Practice of Cancer Infectious Diseases

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Editors:
  1. Amar Safdar

    1. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Infectious Diseases Department, The University of Texas, New York, USA

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  • Provides a comprehensive update on recent Infectious Diseases-related issues and emerging concerns
  • Emphasis will remain on real infectious disease
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Oncology (CCO)

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Overview and Special Population

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Infections in Patients with Cancer: Overview

      • Amar Safdar, Gerald Bodey, Donald Armstrong
      Pages 3-15

    3. Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

      • Georg Maschmeyer, Per Ljungman
      Pages 17-25

    4. Infections in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

      • Genovefa Papanicolaou, Jayesh Mehta
      Pages 27-38

    5. Infections in Solid Tumor Patients

      • Alison G. Freifeld
      Pages 39-45

    6. Infections in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Treated with Monoclonal Antineoplastic Therapy

      • André Goy, Susan O’Brien
      Pages 47-66

    7. Postsurgery Infections in Cancer Patients

      • Emilio Bouza, Almudena Burillo, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gutierrez, José F. Tomás-Martinez
      Pages 67-85

    8. Management of Infections in Critically Ill Cancer Patients

      • Henry Masur
      Pages 87-91

  3. Clinical Syndromes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Management of the Neutropenic Patient with Fever

      • Kenneth V. I. Rolston, Gerald P. Bodey
      Pages 95-103

    3. Controversies in Empiric Therapy of Febrile Neutropenia

      • John R. Wingard
      Pages 105-111

    4. Catheter-Related Infections in Cancer Patients

      • Iba Al Wohoush, Anne-Marie Chaftari, Issam Raad
      Pages 113-122

    5. Intravascular Device-Related Infections: Catheter Salvage Strategies and Prevention of Device-Related Infection

      • Nasia Safdar, Dennis G. Maki
      Pages 123-141

    6. Pneumonia in the Cancer Patient

      • Scott E. Evans, Amar Safdar
      Pages 143-152

    7. Noninfectious Lung Infiltrates That May Be Confused with Pneumonia in the Cancer Patient

      • Rana Kaplan, Lara Bashoura, Vickie R. Shannon, Burton F. Dickey, Diane E. Stover
      Pages 153-165

    8. Mucosal Barrier Injury and Infections

      • Nicole M. A. Blijlevens, J. Peter Donnelly
      Pages 167-173

    9. Bacterial Colonization and Host Immunity

      • Coralia N. Mihu, Karen J. Vigil, Javier A. Adachi
      Pages 175-180

    10. Neutropenic Enterocolitis and Clostridium difficile Infections

      • Amar Safdar, Bruno P. Granwehr, Stephen A. Harold, Herbert L. DuPont
      Pages 181-188

    11. Management of Reactivation of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C During Antineoplastic Therapy

      • Marta Davila, Harrys A. Torres
      Pages 189-194
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About this book

Principles and Practice of Cancer Infectious Diseases is a comprehensive and insightful work dedicated to elucidating the problem of infections in cancer patients. This essential volume reviews common and less often encountered infections, while establishing the difficulties behind preventing, diagnosing, and treating infectious diseases in cancer patients. Key sections are devoted to the presentation of clinical symptoms and the identification of major etiologic agents. A cadre of leading clinicians provide a detailed assessment of the risk factors for various infections, critical strategies in preventing and managing infections, and study of the interactions between the pathogen and host's immune function and inflammatory response. With its in-depth knowledge and concise treatment of the distinct facets of infections in cancer patients, this volume is an indispensible tool for all infectious disease specialists and clinical oncologists.

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“This book describes the prognosis, assessment of risk factors, and common infectious problems in patients with cancer, along with conditions that mimic infectious processes in patients undergoing chemotherapy. … This book will be a useful resource for infectious disease fellows, oncology clinicians, or infectious disease practitioners taking care of patients in the bone marrow transplant unit. … Overall, this is a good read.” (Cezarina Mindru, Doody’s Book Reviews, December, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center, Infectious Diseases Department, The University of Texas, New York, USA

    Amar Safdar

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Principles and Practice of Cancer Infectious Diseases

  • Editors: Amar Safdar

  • Series Title: Current Clinical Oncology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-644-3

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60761-643-6Published: 03 June 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-746-0Published: 01 August 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-60761-644-3Published: 08 July 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2364-1134

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-1142

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 596

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Hematology, Internal Medicine

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