Introduction Bloodstream infections (BSI s) and central line infections remain among the
major causes of morbidity and mortality in transplant recipients because of prolonged …

Background: Febrile neutropenia is a medical emergency and it requires immediate
hospitalization for evaluation and administration of empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics. The …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the epidemiology of microbiologically documented bacterial
infection and the resistance pattern, among cancer patients undergoing treatment at …

AIMS: The aim was to study patterns of presentation, source of infection, management and
outcome and to evaluate the factors which may correlate with outcome. MATERIALS AND …

Background and Objectives: Cancer are one of the major global health problems, patients
with hematological malignancies are highly susceptible to almost any type of bacteria. In this …

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of blood stream
infections in patients with cancer is crucial to design empirical therapy regimes. METHODS …

In low-risk febrile neutropenia (FN) patients, outpatient management is now an accepted
treatment, but there is a scarcity of data on high-risk patients. The aim of our study was to …

Background This study was performed to determine the bacteriological profile and antibiotic
sensitivity pattern of culture samples of patients with cancer at our institute. The study was …

Abstract Introduction: Central venous catheters (CVCs) implanted in patients with
malignancies may often be associated with local or central line-associated bloodstream …

Although the incidence of Gram-negative infections in neutropenic fever is leveling off, there
is a worrying increase in resistance. New drugs are available but not well studied in febrile …