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A Study of Viral Infections in Patients Treated with a Combination of 6 Mercaptopurine-Methotrexate: Preliminary Results

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Complications of Cancer Chemotherapy

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 49))

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Infectious pulmonary complications represent a major cause of death in immuno-suppressed patients. Viruses have been frequently isolated from such patients. Table 1 lists the major various types of viruses that have been found. Herpes viruses are the most common agents. This group includes a) cytomegaloviruses (CMV) which have been repeatedly isolated from the lungs and from many tissues in patients under immunosuppressive therapy: b) Herpes zoster viruses which are responsible for varicella and zoster infections, and c) Herpes hominis.

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  1. Institut de Cancérologie et d’Immunogénétique, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, Villejuif, France

    C. Jasmin & G. Mathé

  2. Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France

    F. Bricout & J. M. Huraux

  3. Children’s Cancer Research Foundation, Boston, MA, USA

    R. Weiner

  4. Laboratory of Cell Biology Cellular and Tumor Immunology Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

    R. K. Oldham

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  1. Institut de Cancérologie et d’Immunogénétique, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, F-94, Villejuif, France

    Georges Mathé (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Cellular and Tumor Immunology Section Department of Health, Education and Welfare, N.I.H., 20014, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Robert K. Oldham M. D.

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Jasmin, C., Bricout, F., Huraux, J.M., Weiner, R., Oldham, R.K., Mathé, G. (1974). A Study of Viral Infections in Patients Treated with a Combination of 6 Mercaptopurine-Methotrexate: Preliminary Results. In: Mathé, G., Oldham, R.K. (eds) Complications of Cancer Chemotherapy. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80848-7_6

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