We undertook a retrospective observational study of 28 cases of dengue fever in cancer patients in a tertiary care center in India. 19 (67.85%) patients were of solid neoplasm and 9 (32.14%) patients of hematological malignancy. Delay in diagnosis of dengue occurred by a mean of 7.9 days (...
Fever is common in the intensive care unit (ICU) patient and may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This review will focus on patients who ha
Goals of work Patients with low-risk neutropenic fever as defined by the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) score might benefit from ambulatory treatment. Optimal management remains to be clearly defined, and new oral antibiotics need to be evaluated in this setting. Mate...
Cancercan cause fever in a variety of ways. Sometimes the tumor makes pyrogens, chemicals which cause a fever on their own. Some tumors may become infected. Tumors in the brain may prevent the hypothalamus (the body's thermostat) from properly regulating the body temperature. Many of the medi...
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Ga-67 is a sensitive test for uncovering the source of the fever. In addition to localizing acute infection, Ga-67 can detect chronic and indolent infections, granulomatous infections, and even tumor sources of fever. However, postoperative patients with fever are better served with In-111-labele...
Intracellular and extracellular functions of heat shock proteins: repercussions in cancer therapy. J. Leukoc. Biol. 81, 15–27 (2007). CAS PubMed Google Scholar Manzella, J. P. & Roberts, N. J. Jr. Human macrophage and lymphocyte responses to mitogen stimulation after exposure to influenza...
Intractable fever in cancer patients is problematic and the causes of this fever can be diverse. Paroxysmal persistent hyperthermia after sudden mental change or neurologic deficit can develop via autonomic dysregulation without infection or any other causes of fever. Paroxysmal hyperthermic autonomic dysreg...