Central Venous Catheter–associated Nocardia Bacteremia in Cancer Patients

Central Venous Catheter–associated Nocardia Bacteremia in Cancer Patients

Central venous catheters, often needed by cancer patients, can be the source of Nocardia bacteremia. We evaluated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of 17 cancer patients with Nocardia bacteremia. For 10 patients, the bacteremia was associated with the catheter; for the other 7, it was a diss...

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Main Authors: Fadi Al Akhrass, Ray Hachem, Jamal A. Mohamed, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Jyotsna Chandra, Mahmoud Ghannoum, Souha Haydoura, Ann Marie Chaftari, Issam Raad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Nocardia
bacteremia
catheter related
disseminated
immunocompromised
biofilm
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/10-1810_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/10-1810_article

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