Infection in the cancer patient
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: edited by Roy A.J. Spence, Roderick J. Hay, Patrick G. Johnston.
Contributors: Spence, Roy A. J.; Hay, R. J. 1947-; Johnston, Patrick G., MD.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780198566328
Subjects: Cancer -- Complications; Infection; Neoplasms -- complications; Neoplasms -- immunology; Immunotherapy; Infection; Sepsis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pathogenesis of sepsis; title: The role of the immune system in cancer; title: Head and neck/ear, nose, and throat; title: Gastrointestinal infections; title: Pulmonary infections in cancer patients : diagnosis, aetiology, and principles of treatment; title: Genitourinary tract infections in cancer patients; title: Bone and joint infections; title: Virus infections; title: Skin infections in the cancer patient; title: Infections of the central nervous system; title: Infections in children; title: Eye infections; title: Infections in patients with cancer at the end of life.