Current trends in the epidemiology of nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients with hematological malignancies and solid neoplasms in hospitals in the United States
Wisplinghoff H;Seifert H;Wenzel RP;Edmond MB;;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2003Vol. 36pp. -
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Abstract
A total of 2340 patients with underlying malignancy were identified among 22,631 episodes of nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs) in a prospectively collected database for 49 hospitals in the United States (Surveillance and Control of Pathogens of Epidemiologic Importance [SCOPE] Project). Data …