Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cancer patients: have they gone away?
- 1 August 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (4) , 403-407
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001432-200108000-00001
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection continues to be a threat to cancer patients, especially if they are neutropenic. As many as 50% of infections are community acquired. Prompt, effective therapy results in cures in about 80% of patients, although the presence of shock or pneumonia indicates a poor prognosis. Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem.Keywords
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