Bloodstream infections in febrile neutropenic patients at a tertiary cancer institute in South India: A timeline of clinical and microbial trends through the years

KG Babu, D Lokanatha, KC Lakshmaiah… - Indian Journal of …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is an oncological emergency. The choice of empiric
therapy depends on the locally prevalent pathogens and their sensitivities, the sites of …

Review of clinical profile and bacterial spectrum and sensitivity patterns of pathogens in febrile neutropenic patients in hematological malignancies: a retrospective …

AB Karanwal, BJ Parikh, P Goswami… - Indian Journal of …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Background: The aim of this study was to study clinical profile with bacterial spectrum and
susceptibility patterns of pathogens in culture positive febrile neutropenic (FN) patients of …

Pattern of infection, therapy, outcome and risk stratification of patients with febrile neutropenia in a tertiary care oncology hospital in India

V Noronha, A Joshi, VM Patil, B Bhosale… - Indian Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Clinical and microbiological profile of febrile neutropenia in solid tumors and hematological malignancies at a tertiary cancer care center in South India

LA Jacob, KC Lakshmaiah, K Govindbabu… - Indian journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a common but serious complication of
chemotherapy in patients with solid tumors (ST) and hematological malignancies (HM). The …

Febrile neutropenia in hematological malignancies: clinical and microbiological profile and outcome in high risk patients

KC Lakshmaiah, AS Malabagi, R Shetty… - Journal of laboratory …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Background and Objectives: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is considered a medical emergency.
Patients with hematological malignancies (HM) commonly experience FN. Broad spectrum …

Bloodstream infections in pediatric patients at Cancer Institute, Chennai

V Radhakrishnan, V Vijaykumar, P Ganesan… - Indian journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: There is paucity of data on the epidemiology of bloodstream infections in
pediatric cancer patients from India. Rationale use of antibiotics in febrile neutropenia is …

Micro-organisms associated with febrile neutropenia in patients with haematological malignancies in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India

PK Mandal, SK Maji, TK Dolai, R De, S Dutta… - Indian Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
There is paucity of information from eastern India with regard to observed dominant micro-
organisms causing febrile neutropenia (FN) in patients with haematological malignancies …

Profile of infections and outcome in high-risk febrile neutropenia: experience from a tertiary care cancer center in India

I Ghosh, V Raina, L Kumar, A Sharma, S Bakhshi… - Medical Oncology, 2012 - Springer
Objective of the present study was to describe the profile of infections in febrile neutropenia
(FN) in acute leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) with emphasis on …

A prospective study of febrile neutropenia in pediatric cancer patients in Jordan

S Al Omar, L Nazer, K Alkayed - Journal of Pediatric Hematology …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To describe the characteristics and clinical course of febrile neutropenia (FN) in
pediatric patients admitted to a comprehensive cancer center in Jordan. Methods: This is a 6 …

Bloodstream infections in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia

R Feld - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2008 - Elsevier
Bloodstream infections (bacteraemia) account for approximately 25–30% of febrile episodes
in patients with febrile neutropenia (FN). In developed countries, Gram-positive pathogens …