Background: Blood stream infection is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of aerobic and anaerobic-bacteremia in hospital inpatients with cancer and to determine the antibiotic resistance profile in isolated organisms in Kerman, southeast Iran. Methods: Total of 240 blood cultures from 136 patients w...

Abstract Background Worldwide, Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) is one the most common causes of infective endocarditis (IE), particularly in dialysis patients. However, association between mildly and moderately decreased kidney function IE patients with S.aureus blood stream infection (SAB) has not been examined. Purpose In a retrospective nation-wide study, to evaluate declining SAB Methods A...