Changing epidemiology of infections in patients with neutropenia and cancer: emphasis on gram-positive and resistant bacteria
Zinner SH;;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America1999Vol. 29pp. -
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Abstract
Over the past 3 decades, considerable changes have occurred in the types of bacteria causing infection in febrile patients with neutropenia and cancer. Twenty years ago, gram-negative bacteria caused approximately 70% of bloodstream infections. As a probable consequence of long-dwelling intravascula …