Recent experience with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in patients with cancer: retrospective analysis of 245 episodes

I Chatzinikolaou, D Abi-Said, GP Bodey… - Archives of internal …, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
Background Pseudomonas aeruginosabacteremia is a serious and possibly fatal condition
in patients with cancer. Objectives To ascertain the frequency, demographics, and
predisposing factors forP aeruginosabacteremia in patients with cancer and to determine the
efficacy of various therapeutic regimens. Subjects and Methods Patient records of the
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, were reviewed. From January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1995, 245 eligible …