Dermatologic infections in cancer patients Journal Article
| Authors: | Gandhi, M.; Brieva, J. C.; Lacouture, M. E. |
| Article Title: | Dermatologic infections in cancer patients |
| Abstract: | Dermatologic infections are among the most commonly experienced complications of cancer and anti-cancer therapy. Alterations in host immune function secondary to the underlying malignant process and/or its treatment have been linked to an increase in the risk of infections. The skin and its appendages (i.e., hair and nails) represent the first line of defense against infectious microorganism; its dysfunction as a physical barrier and an immunologic organ in cancer patients leads to an increased susceptibility to infectious organisms. Moreover, a cancer patients' vulnerable state facilitates dissemination of infections to other sites, secondarily involving the skin. This chapter delineates dermatologic infections that are unique to cancer patients as a result of their underlying malignancies and associated comorbidities as well as those resulting from antineoplastic therapies. |
| Keywords: | oncology; radiology; human medicine; medical sciences; neoplasms - pathology; blood - blood; clinical aspects and systemic effects 24010; pathology - therapy 15006; 06504; radiation biology - radiation and isotope techniques 12512; infection parasitology dermatology; lymphatic and reticuloendothelial pathologies 18506; integumentary system - pathology 24004; neoplasms - blood and reticuloendothelial neoplasms 33502; virology - general and methods 36001; medical and clinical microbiology - general and methods 36006; medical and clinical microbiology - virology 36008; medical and clinical microbiology - mycology 60502; parasitology - general 60504; parasitology - medical radiation therapy therapeutic and prophylactic techniques; clinical techniques/antineoplastic therapy therapeutic and prophylactic techniques; clinical techniques disease comorbidity |
| Journal Title: | Cancer Treatment and Research |
| Volume: | 161 |
| ISSN: | 0927-3042 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date Published: | 2014-04-06 |
| Start Page: | 299 |
| End Page: | 317 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | BCI:BCI201400580735 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-04220-6_10 |
| PROVIDER: | biosis |
| PUBMED: | 24706229 |
| Notes: | Book Chapter in "Infectious Complications in Cancer Patients" (ISBN: 978-3-319-04219-0) -- Gewerbestrasse 11, cham, ch-6330, switzerland -- Source: Biosis |
