Occurrence of influenza and bacterial infections in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy in Ghana.

Augustina K ArjarquahEvangeline ObodaiHannah Ayettey AnieMichael Aning OseiJohn Kofi OdoomJoseph H K BonneyEric BeheneErasmus N KoteyJames AboagyeStephen O NyarkoJeannette BentumClara YeboahSelassie KumordjieBright AgbodziKeren AttikuGifty MawuliAndrew G LetiziaWilliam K AmpofoOsbourne Quaye

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Data generated from the study suggests that ARI-like symptoms observed among UTC patients receiving radiotherapy in Ghana, could be due to influenza and bacterial single and co-infections in addition to risk factors and not solely the side-effects of radiation as perceived. These findings will be prime importance for diagnosis, prevention, treatment and control for cancer patients who present with such episodes during treatment.

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