An outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia bacteremia in hospitalized hematology patients selectively affecting those with acute myeloid leukemia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 312-316

  Vardi, Anna ^a   Sirigou, Antonia ^a   Lalayanni, Chrysavgi ^a   Kachrimanidou, Melina ^a   Kaloyannidis, Panayiotis ^a   Saloum, Riad ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Achilles ^a   Sotiropoulos, Damianos ^a  

^a G Papanikolaou Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

AML; Burkholderia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875486563     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.04.325     Document Type: Article

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