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Bacteremia in Childhood Cancer [PDF]

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2002
Infection-related mortality affects the overall survival rates of children who are receiving treatment for cancer. The leading cause of mortality is bacteremia and sepsis related to it in febrile neutropenic patients. All positive blood cultures of febrile neutropenic patients treated in the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Cerrahpasa ...
Celkan, T, Ozkan, A, Apak, H, Diren, S, Can, G, Yuksel, L, Yildiz, I   +6 more
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of persistent bacteremia in patients with head and neck cancer in a tertiary care hospital

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionCompared to other cancers, research on bloodstream infection in head and neck cancer is scarce, lacking comparative studies on persistent versus transient bacteremia outcomes.MethodsThis retrospective survey examined patients with head and ...
Shiori Kitaya, Shiori Kitaya, Hajime Kanamori, Ryo Ishii, Makoto Katsumi, Ryoukichi Ikeda, Kenjiro Higashi, Risako Kakuta, Akira Ohkoshi, Yukio Katori   +9 more
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Risk factors for and clinical outcomes of carbapenem non-susceptible gram negative bacilli bacteremia in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Carbapenem is frequently used when gram negative bacilli (GNB) bacteremia is detected especially in neutropenic patients. Consequently, appropriate treatment could be delayed in GNB bacteremia cases involving organisms which are not ...
Dong Hoon Shin, Dong-Yeop Shin, Chang Kyung Kang, Suhyeon Park, Jieun Park, Kang Il Jun, Taek Soo Kim, Youngil Koh, Jun Shik Hong, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Wan Beom Park, Nam-Joong Kim, Sung-soo Yoon, Inho Kim, Myoung-don Oh   +14 more
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Major risk factors for Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia: a population-based study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis is a human pathogen causing severe invasive infections. Detailed information on S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia and especially of predisposing factors are lacking.
Viivi Nevanlinna, Reetta Huttunen, Janne Aittoniemi, Tiina Luukkaala, Sari Rantala   +4 more
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PLACENTAL BACTEREMIA [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1915
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The impact and risk factors for developing pneumogenic bacteremia in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii nosocomial pneumonia in the intensive care unit: A multicenter retrospective study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: This study analyzed the risk and impact of developing pneumogenic bacteremia in patients with CRAB nosocomial pneumonia in ICU. Methods: This is multicenter retrospective study.
Sheng-Huei Wang, Chi-Kang Teng, Ming-Cheng Chan, Kuang-Yao Yang, Chau-Chyun Sheu, Shinn-Jye Liang, Wei-Hsuan Huang, Jia-Yih Feng, Chia-Min Chen, Zi-Xeng Weng, Chung-Kan Peng   +10 more
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Antibiotic Stewardship Related to Delayed Diagnosis and Poor Prognosis of Critically Ill Patients with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Mu-Chun Yang,1,2 Yao-Kuang Wu,2,3 Chou-Chin Lan,2,3 Mei-Chen Yang,2,3 Sheg-Kang Chiu,2,4 Ming-Yieh Peng,4 Wen-Lin Su2,3 1Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of ...
Yang MC, Wu YK, Lan CC, Yang MC, Chiu SK, Peng MY, Su WL   +6 more
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Time-to-positivity of blood culture: An independent prognostic factor of monomicrobial Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2017
Background/Purpose: Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia is an important cause of nosocomial infections with high morbidity and mortality. Time-to-positivity (TTP) of blood cultures is considered to be a predictor of the clinical outcome for bacteremia. The
Poh-Chang Tang, Ching-Chi Lee, Chia-Wen Li, Ming-Chi Li, Wen-Chien Ko, Nan-Yao Lee   +5 more
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Invasion and persistent intracellular colonization of erythrocytes : A unique parasitic strategy of the emerging pathogen Bartonella [PDF]

, 2001
The expanding genus Bartonella includes zoonotic and human-specific pathogens that can cause a wide range of clinical manifestations. A productive infection allowing bacterial transmission by blood-sucking arthropods is marked by an intraerythrocytic ...
Schulein, R., Gille, C., Yves Hansmann, Hansmann, Y., Dehio, C., Seubert, A., Piemont, Y., Yves Piémont, Christa Lanz, Ralf Schülein, Anja Seubert, Lanz, C., Christoph Dehio, Christian Gille   +13 more
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The rate of liver impairment, character of bacteremia and serum bactericidal activity in patients with cirrhosis [PDF]

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2014
Dependence of prevalence and severity of bacteremia on the rate of liver impairment, serum bactericidal activity (SBA), and serum concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in 80 hospitalized patients ...
Krutikov S.N., Krivorutchenko Yu.L., Postnikova O.N., Krutikova M.S., Logadir T.A.   +4 more
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