Third generation cephalosporin resistant Enterobacteriaceae and multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria causing bacteremia in febrile neutropenia adult cancer patients in Lebanon, broad spectrum antibiotics use as a major risk factor, and correlation with poor prognosis

Third generation cephalosporin resistant Enterobacteriaceae and multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria causing bacteremia in febrile neutropenia adult cancer patients in Lebanon, broad spectrum antibiotics use as a major risk factor, and correlation with poor prognosis

Bacteremia remains a major cause of life-threatening complications in patients receiving anticancer chemotherapy. The spectrum and susceptibility profiles of causative microorganisms differ with time and place. Data from Lebanon are scarce. We aim at evaluating the epidemiology of bacteremia in canc...

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Main Authors: Rima eMoghnieh, Nour eEstaitieh, Anas eMugharbil, Tamima eJisr, Dania Issam Abdallah, Fouad eZiade, Loubna eSinno, Ahmad eIbrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Bacteremia
Lebanon
Febrile neutropenia
3GCR Gram-negative bacteria
MDR Gram-negative bacteria
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2015.00011/full

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