Increasing incidence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative septicaemia during induction therapy of acute myeloid leukaemia

J Hosp Infect. 2016 Jul;93(3):314-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.04.012. Epub 2016 Apr 30.

Authors

N A Murali¹, P Ganesan², V Vijayakumar³, K Kannan¹, V Radhakrishnan¹, T S Ganesan¹, T G Sagar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India. Electronic address: prasanth.ganesan@cancerinstitutewia.org.
³ Department of Microbiology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India.

PMID: 27206967
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.04.012

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Female
Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
Gram-Negative Bacteria / isolation & purification
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Incidence
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
Male
Middle Aged
Sepsis / epidemiology*
Sepsis / microbiology
Young Adult