Ebook: Management of infection in oncology patients

Content: HOST DEFENSES Treatment Strategies for Solid Tumors and Impact on Host Defenses Treatment Strategies for Hematological Malignancies: Impact on Host Defenses and Infection Risk Blood and Marrow Transplantation INFECTIOUS SYNDROMES Infectious Syndromes in Solid Tumour Therapy Infectious Complications in Patients Receiving Cytotoxic Therapy for Acute Leukemia: History, Background and Approaches to Management Infections in Chronic Leukemias and other Hematological Malignancies Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES Infections Caused by Gram-positive Cocci and Gram-negative Rods Management Strategies for Infections Caused by Candida Species Invasive Aspergillosis Complicating Neoplastic Diseases and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Fungi other than Candida and Aspergillus Management Strategies for Herpes Simplex Viruses in Cancer Patients and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Management Strategies for Varicella-zoster Infections in Patients with Cancer Management of CMV Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Epstein-Barr Virus Infections in the Oncology Patient Respiratory Viruses in Immunocompromised Hosts Hepatitis Virus Infections in Patients with Cancer OTHER THERAPIES Use of Hematopoietic Growth Factors in the Management of Infection in Oncology Patients Granulocyte (Neutrophil) Transfusion Therapy Uses of Immunoglobulins in the Management of Infection in Oncology Patients Infection Control Vaccinations in Oncology Patients Transfusion Considerations Index