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Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens isolated from febrile neutropenic cancer patients with bloodstream infections in Egypt and new synergistic antibiotic combinations

Sally T. K. Tohamy, Khaled M. Aboshanab, Hadir A. El‐Mahallawy, Mona R. El‐Ansary, Salwa Afifi

Infection and Drug Resistance · 2018 · 71 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

Accordingly, new empirical antibiotics should be administered including the use of colistin or meropenem alone or both against the MDR GNB in neutropenic cancer patients.

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