Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cancer patients: have they gone away?
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection continues to be a threat to cancer patients, especially if they are neutropenic. As many as 50% of infections are community acquired. Prompt, effective therapy results in cures in about 80% of patients, although the presence of shock or pneumonia indicates a poor prognosis. Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. gbodey@mail.mdanderson.org
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000209:etiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*