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Pretreatment gut microbiome predicts chemotherapy-related bloodstream infection

BACKGROUND: Bacteremia, or bloodstream infection (BSI), is a leading cause of death among patients with certain types of cancer. A previous study reported that intestinal domination, defined as occupation of at least 30 % of the microbiota by a single bacterial taxon, is associated with BSI in patie...

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Autores principales: Montassier, Emmanuel, Al-Ghalith, Gabriel A., Ward, Tonya, Corvec, Stephane, Gastinne, Thomas, Potel, Gilles, Moreau, Phillipe, de la Cochetiere, Marie France, Batard, Eric, Knights, Dan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27121964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-016-0301-4