Infection is the second leading cause of death in patients with cancer. Loss of efficacy in
antibiotics due to antibiotic resistance in bacteria is an urgent threat against the continuing …

Sepsis and septic shock are major causes of mortality during chemotherapy-induced
neutropenia for malignancies requiring urgent treatment. Thus, awareness of the presenting …

Abstract Background Invasive Escherichia coli disease (IED), including bloodstream
infection, sepsis, and septic shock, can lead to high hospitalization and mortality rates. This …

Background Severe sepsis and septic shock are among the leading causes of death in the
United States and sepsis remains one of the most expensive conditions to diagnose and …

Background Though sepsis is common in patients with cancer, there are limited studies that
evaluated sepsis and septic shock in this patient population. The objective of this study was …

Bacteria share a long commensal relationship with the human body. New findings, however,
continue to unravel many complexities associated with this old alliance. In the past decades …

Objectives In the last decades, the number of cancer patients admitted in intensive care units
(ICUs) for septic shock has dramatically increased. However, prognosis data remain scarce …

Background Cancer patients are at significant risk of developing sepsis due to underlying
malignancy and necessary treatments. Little is known about the economic burden of sepsis …

Few studies have compared the incidence of infections occurring≥ 2 years after
hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) with other cancer patients and the general population. In …

Objectives: to analyze factors associated with sepsis and septic shock in cancer patients in
the Intensive Care Unit. Methods: cross-sectional, retrospective study with a quantitative …