Surveillance of bloodstream infections in pediatric cancer centers - what have we learned and how do we move on?

• Main Authors: Simon, Arne (Author), Furtwängler, Rhoikos (Author), Graf, Norbert (Author), Laws, Hans Jürgen (Author), Voigt, Sebastian (Author), Piening, Brar (Author), Geffers, Christine (Author), Agyeman, Philipp (Author), Ammann, Roland A. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pediatric patients receiving conventional chemotherapy for malignant disease face an increased risk of bloodstream infection (BSI). Since BSI may represent an acute life-threatening event in patients with profound immunosuppression, and show further negative impact on quality of life and anticancer...