Central line-associated bloodstream infections in cancer patients: An experience from a tertiary care cancer centre

Conclusion: Over the last 20 years, an epidemiologic shift has occurred among CLABSI in cancer patients. These findings should be considered with the development of interventions that will prevent Gram-negative CLABSI after CVC insertion. To our knowledge, this is the first study reporting data on the incidence of CLABSIs in cancer patients at tertiary care hospital from North Indian hospital.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - January 28, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Sonu Kumari Agrawal Hitender Gautam Abdul Hakim Choudhary Bimal Kumar Das Lalit Kumar Arti Kapil Source Type: research