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Bloodstream infections in patients with malignancies: implications for antibiotic treatment in a Ghanaian tertiary setting

BACKGROUND: Bloodstream infections (BSI) remain a major cause of mortality in patients with malignancies. We present the first report on the microbiological profile of bacteraemia and fungaemia among cancer patients in Ghana. METHODS: From January 2010 through December 2013, we retrospectively analy...

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Autores principales:	Obeng-Nkrumah, Noah, Labi, Appiah-Korang, Acquah, Michael Ebo, Donkor, Eric S.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26628056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1701-z

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