High Rate of Inappropriate Antibiotics in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia following International Guideline Recommendations

High Rate of Inappropriate Antibiotics in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia following International Guideline Recommendations

ABSTRACT Optimal coverage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is challenging in febrile neutropenic patients due to a progressive increase in antibiotic resistance worldwide. We aimed to detail current rates of resistance to antibiotics recommended by international guidelines for P. aeruginosa isolated from b...

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Main Authors: Mariana Chumbita, Pedro Puerta-Alcalde, Lucrecia Yáñez, Maria Angeles Cuesta, Anabelle Chinea, Ignacio Español-Morales, Pascual Fernandez-Abellán, Carlota Gudiol, Pedro González-Sierra, Rafael Rojas, José María Sánchez-Pina, Irene Sánchez Vadillo, Miguel Sánchez, Rosario Varela, Lourdes Vázquez, Manuel Guerreiro, Patricia Monzo, Carlos Lopera, Tommaso Francesco Aiello, Oliver Peyrony, Alex Soriano, Carolina Garcia-Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
neutropenia
bacteremia
P. aeruginosa
mortality
empirical antibiotic treatment
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00674-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00674-23

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