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SUBMITTER: Shin DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282079 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC infectious diseases 20200609 1
<h4>Background</h4>Carbapenem is frequently used when gram negative bacilli (GNB) bacteremia is detected especially in neutropenic patients. Consequently, appropriate treatment could be delayed in GNB bacteremia cases involving organisms which are not susceptible to carbapenem (carba-NS), resulting in a poor clinical outcomes. Here, we explored risk factors for carba-NS GNB bacteremia and its clinical outcomes in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) that underwent chemotherapy.<h4>Meth ...[more]