Viral Respiratory Infections in Patients with Cancer

Abstract

Context: Cancers are among the gravest causes of the intensive immunodeficiency and provide favorable conditions for severe respiratory tract infections. Evidence Acquisition: Using various keywords related to the subject matter, articles were analyzed in PubMed and appropriately selected for review. Results: Inpatientswithcancer,someviralrespiratoryinfectionssuchasHRSV,Influenzavirus,HCMV,HMPVandHPIVareprevalent. Conclusions: Viral respiratory infections in cancer patients are common and can worsen the patients’ condition and disrupt the treatment process. Therefore, prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections in cancer patients is important. rhesus monkey (RMK), MRC-5 antibody (DFA) testing, viral culture and real time RT-PCR. Twenty-four influenza infected pediatric cancer patients (20 influenza A and 4 influenza B cases) 27 clinical