Open AccessSource, pattern and antibiotic resistance of blood stream infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
Author(s) -
Hadir A. El-Mahallawy,
Iman Samir,
Raafat Abdel Fattah,
Dalia Y Kadry,
Amani El-Kholy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2013.12.001
Subject(s) - medicine , blood stream , stem cell , hematopoietic stem cell , antibiotic resistance , haematopoiesis , antibiotics , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , immunology , intensive care medicine , transplantation , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , biology
Mucositis developing as a result of myelo-ablative high dose therapy administered prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is associated with the risk of bacteremia. The aim of the present study was to detect the pattern of bacteremia coinciding with the present practice of HSCT, to study the contribution of health-care associated infection (HAI) to the pattern of infection, in the context of the problem of antibiotic resistance in HSCT recipients.