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| Swine fluand lymphoma: A short summary |
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Somsri Wiwanitkit1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Hainan Medical University, China
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| Date of Web Publication | 6-Nov-2017 |
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How to cite this article:
Wiwanitkit S, Wiwanitkit V. Swine fluand lymphoma: A short summary. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2017;10:1354-5 |
Dear Editor,
There are many reports on swine flu in the patients with lymphoma as a pandemic disease.[1],[2] The first world report is in 2009 by Kidd et al.[4] who reported a case of severe pneumonitis in lymphoma patient who got swine flu.[4] In this case, zanamivir is effective for disease management.[4] Since 2009, many cases have been sporadically reported. Vandroux et al. reported a case and mentioned that swine flu could be an important nosocomial infection.[5]
They noted that it was important to find a proper preventive measure for any hospitalized lymphoma patients.[5]
As already noted, swine flu is a viral respiratory illness. The clinical manifestation of swine flu in patients with lymphoma is mainly a respiratory illness. However, as a cancerous patient, the symptoms is usually severe.[3]
Namendys-Silva et al. reported on “the variability of Rt-PCR test forH1N1” and mentioned the importance of clinical diagnosis.[6]
Also, Ñamendys-Silva et al. reported that an abnormal prolonged lymphocytopenia can be an important finding in the lymphoma patient with swine flu.[6] Rare complications such as hemophagocytic syndrome are also reported in lymphoma patients with swine flu.[7] Focusing on clinical course, more severe and prolonged diseases comparing to general patients could be seen.[3] Fever (>38.5°C), cough, and rhinorrhea are the first common symptoms [7] in which hospitalization is usually required.[7] For antiviral drug treatment, Oseltamivir is the standard drug [7] and Zanamivir is indicated in severe cases when Oseltamivir fails.[7] Minnema et al. reported that the mean duration of hospitalization and the duration of antiviral treatment were usually long.[8] They said that this observation possibly reflected “decreased clearance of the virus as a consequence of impaired immunity”.[8]
It is suggested that vaccination is the most effective tool for controlling influenza. A cancerous patient is the focused group for vaccination towards influenza.[9] An important problem in vaccination for a lymphoma patient towards swine flu is the poor immune response. Bedognetti et al. firstly reported on “impaired response to influenza vaccine associated with persistent memory B cell depletion in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients treated with rituximab-containing regimens”.[10] The similar observations were also reported by Monkman et al.[11] and Yri et al.[12] Hottinger et al. mentioned that B cell depletion due to rituximab was the reason of poor immunogenicity of vaccine.[13] Yri et al. concluded that “lymphoma patients receiving rituximab-containing regimens might'' not benefit from vaccination.[12] Villa et al. also found that using adjuvant or second dose booster did not help increase immunogenicity.[14]
In addition, Strowd et al. reported poorer immune response in the patients with CNS lymphoma.[15]
The problem is also observed in the lymphoma patients previously treated with rituximab containing regimensin complete remissionstage.[16] Nevertheless, Villa et al. still recommended for vaccination despite poor immunogenicity outcome.[14]
In conclusion, lymphoma patients with swine flu usually have a severe and prolonged infection. The practitioner is supposed to recognize and manage the disease early. Since vaccination in lymphoma patients receiving rituximab chemotherapy is usually poor, infection control in the patient is very important.
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Correspondence Address:
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok
China
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.196750
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