Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy and Blood Stream Infections in Leukemia Patients Presenting to the Emergency Center

Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy and Blood Stream Infections in Leukemia Patients Presenting to the Emergency Center

Staphylococcal Blood Stream Infections in Cancer Patients

Dear Sir, Cancer patients are at an increased risk of the blood stream infections (BSI) due to their immune‐compromised status, repeated hospitalizations, and various procedures. Staphylococci, particularly coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS) are noteworthy pathogens in such cases, and the emergence of multi‐drug resistance in Staphylococci is a cause of concern. This study was prospectivel...

Evaluation of the Presence of Anti-Toxoplasma Antibodies in Blood Donors’ Presenting to Blood Transfusion Center, Bushehr, Iran

Background: If blood donors are infected with toxoplasmosis, they often have no obvious clinical symptoms due to a healthy immune system, but the Toxoplasma is still present in their white blood cells. Blood recipients are also often people with various anemia or defective immune systems. Therefore, receiving such blood will increase the risk of infection and acute form of toxoplasmosis. The ai...

Transfusion practice and blood stream infections in critically ill patients.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between packed RBC (pRBC) transfusion and the development of ICU-acquired bloodstream infections (BSIs) DESIGN Secondary analysis of a large, prospective, observational study of transfusion practice in critically ill patients. SETTING A total of 284 adult ICUs in the United States. PATIENTS Critically ill adults who lacked BSIs both at ICU admis...

Blood Stream Infections

1 Department of Microbiology, BJ Government Medical College and Sassoon Hospital, Pune 411001, India 2Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Crosshouse, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 3Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India 4 Johns Hopkins University India Center, BJ Medical College, Pun...