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Infections associated with solid tumors

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Management of Infectious Complications in Cancer Patients

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According to American Cancer Society estimates, leukemias and lymphomas accounted for only 7% of male and 6% of female cancers diagnosed and 8% of cancer deaths; the remaining cancers were solid tumors [1]. Although solid tumors account for the vast majority of cancer in adults, severe infectious complications in these patients are far less common than in patients with hematologic malignancies. For instance, Elting et al. [2] reported that polymicrobial sepsis was 16 times less common per patient admission in patients with solid tumors than patients with acute leukemia. Similarly, Mayo and Wenzel [3] found that nosocomial bloodstream infections were 15 times less likely in solid tumor patients than leukemia patients. Nevertheless, patients with solid tumors complicated by infection are not unusual. We reviewed the last 100 cancer patients seen by our infectious disease inpatient consultation service and the majority (62) had underlying solid tumors (J. P. Flaherty, unpublished observation). Common scenarios included wound infection, pneumonia, intravascular catheter-related sepsis, and fever and neutropenia following intensive chemotherapy.

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Sutton, S.H., Flaherty, J.P. (1998). Infections associated with solid tumors. In: Noskin, G.A. (eds) Management of Infectious Complications in Cancer Patients. Cancer Treatment and Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-38152-7_4

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