ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology2016
Laboratory Diagnosis of Infections in Cancer Patients: Challenges and Opportunities.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Highly elevated sepsis biomarkers in advanced cholangiocarcinoma without sepsis: A case report and literature review.Medicine · 2025Review
- Multidrug-ResistantThe Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2025Review
- Clinical application of targeted next-generation sequencing in pneumonia diagnosis among cancer patients.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Diagnostic tests for infections in critically ill immunocompromised patients.Intensive care medicine · 2024Article
- Analytical and clinical evaluation of the cobas Epstein-Barr virus test at a tertiary care cancer hospital.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2024Article
- High mortality associated with inappropriate initial antibiotic therapy in hematological malignancies with Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A Systematic Literature Review to Identify Diagnostic Gaps in Managing Immunocompromised Patients With Cancer and Suspected Infection.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Review
- Hypoxia-Directed and Self-Immolative Theranostic Agent: Imaging and Treatment of Cancer and Bacterial Infections.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2023Article
- Performance of the sōnaJournal of clinical microbiology · 2021Article
- Sepsis in patients with haematological versus solid cancer: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Burden and clinical outcomes of hospital-coded infections in patients with cancer: an 11-year longitudinal cohort study at an Australian cancer centre.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Observational
- Viruses and atypical bacteria in the respiratory tract of immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients with airway infection.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020Article
- Multiple Drug Resistance Patterns in Various Phylogenetic Groups of Hospital-Acquired UropathogenicAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of viral infections in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer in Lebanon.PloS one · 2020Article
- Pattern of Antimicrobial Sensitivity in Microbiologically Documented Infections in Neutropenic Patients with Haematological Malignancies: A single Center Study.Indian journal of microbiology · 2019Article
- Detection of gastrointestinal pathogens in oncology patients by highly multiplexed molecular panels.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Infections remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. The differential diagnosis for these patients is often wide, and the timely selection of the right clinical tests can have a significant impact on their survival. However, laboratory findings with current methodologies are often negative, challenging clinicians and laboratorians to continue the search for the responsible pathogen. Novel methodologies are providing increased sensitivity and rapid turnaround time to results but also challenging our interpretation of what is a clinically significant pathogen in cancer patients. This minireview provides an overview of the most common infections in cancer patients and discusses some of the challenges and opportunities for the clinical microbiologist supporting the care of cancer patients.
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