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How would you impress upon someone the importance of avoiding bacterial infections to a person with leukemia?
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Immune system down: Individuals with leukemia, due to their cancer and the treatment for it, have very impaired immune systems that make it very difficult to fight off infections - bacterial, viral, fungal. That is why people are being treated for this cancer and many others often are on antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals to help prevent these devastating complications.
Answered 6/18/2015
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