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     Outlining the best means of infection management and emphasizing early recognition and identification of pathogens, this trailblazing volume pinpoints the distinct immunodeficiencies related to specific malignancies that result in predictable opportunistic infections--containing accessible reviews of the latest scientific research, reports form the forefront of clinical practice, and copious illustrations and tables to be of maximal benefit to the reader.

Includes coverage of infections in patients with acute and chronic leukemia; myelodysplastic syndromes and multiple myeloma; and Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Highlighting the variable susceptibility to different microorganisms during each phase of malignancy progression, Infections in Cancer Patients studies infections appearing in patients with solid tumor malignancies such as brain, head and neck, breast, and lung cancer...probes infections complicating ten distinct types of hematologic lymphoreticular malignancies....separately addresses system-specific central nervous system, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal  and genitourinary tract, musculoskeletal, and skin infections...explores infections acquired during the course of radiation, surgical, and catheter therapeutic regimens...assesses measures for averting infection, including antimicrobial prophylaxis and vaccination...analyzes methods for handling fungal and parasitic infections...considers the management of HIV in cancer patients...and reinforces its recommendations with more than 2200 literature citations. 

Table of Contents:

Part I:  Introduction

Chapter 1.     Mechanisms of Host Defense

Chapter 2.     Composition of the Normal Microbial Flora

Part II:  Infectious Complications of Hematologic Lymphoreticular Malignancies

Chapter 3.     Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Chapter 4.     Infection in Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Chapter 5.     Hairy Cell Leukemia

Chapter 6.     Infections in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Chapter 7.     Infections Associated with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Chapter 8.     Infections in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Chapter 9.     Infectious Complication in Multiple Myeloma

Chapter 10.   Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Chapter 11.   Infections Unique to Hodgkin's Disease

Chapter 12.   Infectious Complications in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

Part III:  Infectious Complications of Solid Tumor Malignancies

Chapter 13.   Infections in Patients with Brain Tumors

Chapter 14.   Infections in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Chapter 15.   Infections in Patients with Lung Cancer

Chapter 16.   Infections Complicating Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

Chapter 17.   Infectious Complications of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Chapter 18.   Infections in Patients with Cancer of the Liver and Biliary Tract

Chapter 19.   Infections in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors

Chapter 20.   Infections in Patients with Bladder and Kidney Tumors

Chapter 21.   Infections in Patients with Gynecological Malignancies

Chapter 22.   Infections Related to the Management and Treatment of Sarcomas

Chapter 23.   Infections Associated with Cutaneous Malignancy

Part IV:  System Specific Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 24.   Central Nervous System Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 25.   Pulmonary Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 26.   Cardiovascular Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 27.   Gastrointestinal Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 28.   Genitourinary Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 29.   Bone, Joint, and Soft Tissue Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 30.   Dermatological Infections in Cancer Patients

Part V:  Infectious Complications of Cancer Treatment

Chapter 31.   Infections Associated with Radiation Therapy

Chapter 32.   Complications of Surgery in Cancer Patients

Chapter 33.   Catheter-Related Infections

Part VI:  Unique Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 34.   Fungal Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 35.   Parasitic Diseases as Complications of Cancer

Chapter 36.   HIV-Related Malignancies

Part VII:  Prevention of Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 37.   Prevention of Infections in Cancer Patients

Chapter 38.   Immunization Against Infectious Diseases in Cancer Patients

Chapter 39.   Role of the Microbiology Laboratory