Unusual presentations of infection in neutropenic patients

Authors
Citation
Gp. Bodey, Unusual presentations of infection in neutropenic patients, INT J ANT A, 16(2), 2000, pp. 93-95
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
ISSN journal
09248579 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
93 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0924-8579(200010)16:2<93:UPOIIN>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Neutropenic patients may have unusual presentations of infection because of their inability to mount an adequate inflammatory response and their susce ptibility to infection caused by less virulent organisms. About 60% of febr ile episodes are associated with no other signs and symptoms and no infecti ng organism can be identified, yet most respond to antibacterial therapy. I f not treated promptly, infection in neutropenic patients can progress rapi dly. Unusual sites of infection include typhlitis, perirectal infections an d atypical forms of cellulitis. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. and Internat ional Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.