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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |