226. Multidrug Resistant Polymicrobial Gram-negative Bacteremia in Hematologic Cancer Patients with Febrile Neutropenia at the Uganda Cancer Institute

Lubwama, Margaret; Bwanga, Freddie; Patrick Kateete, David; V. Adams, Scott; Namubiru, Betty; Nabiryo, Barbara; Orem, Jackson; Phipps, Warren

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofab466.428

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226. Multidrug Resistant Polymicrobial Gram-negative Bacteremia in Hematologic Cancer Patients with Febrile Neutropenia at the Uganda Cancer Institute

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Authors:

Margaret Lubwama

Freddie Bwanga

David Patrick Kateete

Abstract

Abstract Background Bloodstream infections (BSI) are associated with significant mortality in hematologic cancer patients with febrile neutropenia. Poor clinical outcomes are associated with presence of multidrug resistant (MDR) organisms and polymicrobial infections. We sought to determine antimicr...

Subject

Medicine

Neutropenia

Internal medicine

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