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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 39(6): 727-729, 2018 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29770754
ABSTRACT
We compared the etiologic organisms of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in cancer patients with central venous catheters (CVCs) between 2 cohorts separated by more than a decade.Gram-negative organisms have become the predominant etiologic organisms of BSIs (52%); they now contribute to 41% of catheter-related BSIs (CRBSIs).Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:727-729.