Surveillance of bloodstream infections in pediatric cancer centers – what have we learned and how do we move on?

Surveillance of bloodstream infections in pediatric cancer centers – what have we learned and how do we move on?

Pediatric patients receiving conventional chemotherapy for malignant disease face an increased risk of bloodstream infection (BSI). Since BSI may represent an acute life-threatening event in patients with profound immunosuppression, and show further negative impact on quality of life and anticancer...

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Main Authors: Simon, Arne, Furtwängler, Rhoikos, Graf, Norbert, Laws, Hans Jürgen, Voigt, Sebastian, Piening, Brar, Geffers, Christine, Agyeman, Philipp, Ammann, Roland A.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2016-05-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
pediatric oncology
bloodstream infection
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surveillance
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2016-11/dgkh000271.shtml

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