Bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant staphylococci occurs more frequently in neutropenic patients who received antimicrobial prophylaxis and is associated with higher mortality in comparison to methicillin-sensitive bacteriemia

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-58

  Horvathova Z ^a   Spanik S ^a,b   Sufliarsky J ^b   Mardiak, J ^b   Pichna P ^c   Pichnova E ^a   Krajčík, Ŝ ^c   Mraz M ^a   Chmelik B ^a   Dacok J ^a   Beresova J ^a,d   Krupova I ^c   Hrachova A ^a   Trupl, J ^b   Kunova A ^b   Krcmery Jr V ^a,d,e  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b St Elisabeth Cancer Institute Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^c Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^e NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bacteriemia; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Neutropenic patients; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CANCER PATIENT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0032052524     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(98)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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