ReviewBMC health services research2020
Infectious disease specialist consultations in a Japanese cancer center: a retrospective review of 776 cases.
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- Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli infections in Japanese patients with cancer.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Comparison of disease and economic burden between MRSA infection and MRSA colonization in a university hospital: a retrospective data integration study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
- Improving diagnostic accuracy of blood culture-positive cases in a cancer center via an antimicrobial stewardship program and infectious disease consultations.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Non-infectious diseases in infectious disease consultation: A descriptive study in a tertiary care teaching hospital.PloS one · 2023Article
- Reduction strategies for inpatient oral third-generation cephalosporins at a cancer center: An interrupted time-series analysis.PloS one · 2023Article
- Survey of Inpatient Consultations with General Internal Medicine Physicians in a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Observational Study.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
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- Outcomes of General Internal Medicine Consultations for Diagnosis from Specialists in a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Observational Study.International journal of general medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about the impact of infectious disease (ID) consultations on the management of patients with cancer. This study aimed to describe the consultation services provided by ID specialists to all departments in a comprehensive cancer center in Japan.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective review of ID consultations with adult patients at a comprehensive cancer center in Japan from April 2017 to March 2018.
resultsDuring the study period, 776 patients with cancer had an ID consultation. Of these, 414 (53.4%) were hospital inpatients. Reasons for the ID consultation comprised clinical management (n = 481, 62.0%), immunization (n = 272, 35.1%), and infection control (n = 23, 3.0%). Of the 474 ID consultations for diagnostic purposes, the most frequent condition was fever or elevated inflammatory markers of unknown origin (n = 125, 26.4%). The most frequent diagnoses after the diagnostic ID consultation were hepatobiliary infections (n = 97, 22.4%), respiratory infections (n = 89, 20.618.8%), and intra-abdominal infections (n = 71, 16.4%). The commonest reasons for immunization consultations were to prevent seasonal influenza (n = 193, 71.0%) and post-splenectomy vaccination (n = 58, 21.3%). The commonest reasons for infection control consultations were suspected tuberculosis or contact with tuberculosis (n = 11, 47.8%) and herpes zoster infection (shingles) (n = 7, 30.4%).
conclusionsID specialists play an important role in the clinical management of patients with cancer. ID physicians who work in cancer centers need to be specialized in treating IDs, diagnosing the causes of fevers of unknown origin, and controlling infection.
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