The role of different types of coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus in respiratory tract infections in children with malignant diseases

Abstract

Cancer in childhood is uncommon, representing about 1% of all cancer cases. Patients with cancer are immunosuppressed due to humoral and cell mediated immunity disorder. Thus, increased susceptibility to bacterial, fungal and viral infections is observed. Respiratory tract infections are common in children with malignancies. The causative agents and clinical symptoms vary. In patients with cancer, these infections can be severe or have a fatal outcome, due to the co-existing immunosuppression. Coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus are included among respiratory pathogens that affect these children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus in respiratory tract infections in immunocompromised children with cancer. One hundred and fifty eight respiratory tract infection of 97 children with malignancies while receiving chemotherapy (haematological malignancies and solid tumors) and 161 respiratory tract infections of 161 im ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/27609
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http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/27609
ND
27609
Alternative title
Ο ρόλος των διαφόρων τύπων των κοροναϊών και του ιού του αναπνευστικού συγκυτίου, στις λοιμώξεις του αναπνευστικού συστήματος παιδιών με νεοπλασματικά νοσήματα
Author
Tsotoulidou, Vasiliki (Father's name: Lazaros)
Date
2012
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Αθανασιάδου-Πιπεροπούλου Φανούλα
Εμποριάδου-Πετικοπούλου Μαρία
Ροηλίδης Εμμανουήλ
Παπά-Κονιδάρη Άννα
Παπαχρήστου Φώτιος
Τσανάκας Ιωάννης
Μαλισιόβας Νικόλαος
Discipline
Medical and Health SciencesClinical Medicine
Keywords
Coronaviruses; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory tract infections; Malignant diseases; Children
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
210 σ., im., tbls., fig., ch.
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