Zeitschrift für Mikrobiologie und Pathologie

Infection and Febrile Neutropenia Management in Patients

Abstract

Aman Mathur and Shreya Singh

The main factors to be taken into consideration when evaluating patients with solid cancer and infectious diseases have been reviewed in this paper by a group of experts from the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM). A number of recommendations have been made about the use of vaccines, the management of vascular catheter infections, and the prevention of infections prior to specific surgical procedures, among other topics. Additionally, the standards for treating non-ebrile neutropenia and using colony stimulating factors were updated. They conclude by offering a number of suggestions for the care of cancer patients who have serious infections.