PMID- 29297574
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180820
LR  - 20180820
IS  - 2081-3252 (Electronic)
IS  - 1641-9251 (Linking)
VI  - 68
IP  - 4
DP  - 2017
TI  - Immunocompromised travellers.
PG  - 229-237
LID - 10.5603/IMH.2017.0041 [doi]
AB  - Given a better quality of life and extended life expectancy in patients with 
      immune suppression, the number of immunocompromised travellers is constantly 
      growing. The aim of the article is to discuss travel-related health problems in 
      immunocompromised patients, their most common destinations and reasons to travel, 
      as well as complications associated with travel to regions with harsh 
      environmental conditions. The article focuses on selected groups of 
      immunocompromised travellers (ICTs), i.e., cancer patients, transplant patients 
      receiving immunosuppressant agents, splenectomised patients and HIV-infected 
      individuals. The most common infections and complications, including traveller's 
      diarrhoea, vector-borne diseases (yellow fever, malaria, leishmaniasis, dengue, 
      chikungunya), respiratory infections (including tuberculosis), and dermatoses 
      were taken into account. Preventive measures dedicated to ICTs (pre-travel 
      consultation, vaccinations, malaria chemoprophylaxis, prevention during 
      travelling) have been also characterised.
FAU - Wasilczuk, Katarzyna
AU  - Wasilczuk K
FAU - Korzeniewski, Krzysztof
AU  - Korzeniewski K
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Military Institute of 
      Medicine, Poland. kktropmed@wp.pl.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Poland
TA  - Int Marit Health
JT  - International maritime health
JID - 100958373
RN  - 0 (Immunosuppressive Agents)
SB  - IM
CIN - Int Marit Health. 2018;69(2):149-150. PMID: 29939393
MH  - *Communicable Disease Control
MH  - HIV Infections
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Immunocompromised Host
MH  - Immunosuppressive Agents/administration & dosage
MH  - Neoplasms
MH  - Organ Transplantation
MH  - Splenectomy
MH  - Travel
MH  - Travel Medicine/*methods
MH  - Vaccination
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - immunocompromised patients
OT  - travelling
OT  - tropics
EDAT- 2018/01/04 06:00
MHDA- 2018/08/21 06:00
CRDT- 2018/01/04 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/12/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/01/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/01/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/08/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - VM/OJS/J/55573 [pii]
AID - 10.5603/IMH.2017.0041 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Marit Health. 2017;68(4):229-237. doi: 10.5603/IMH.2017.0041.