Bacteremia due to multiresistant gram-negative bacilli in neutropenic cancer patients: a case-controlled study.

The aim of this study was to assess whether multiresistant gram-negative bacteremias (MRGNB) were associated with specific risk factors for higher mortality than sensitive gram-negative bacteremias. Two groups of subjects: (51 cases and 102 controls) were matched for sex, age, underlying disease, and neutropenia. There were no significant differences in the incidence of cytotoxic chemotherapy administered, vascular catheter insertion, catheter as source of bacteremia, and etiology of bacteremia.

Candida glabrata fungemia in a tertiary cancer institution in Slovakia.

Because of controversial data on virulence and mortality, six cases of fungemia caused by Candida glabrata were reviewed in a single cancer institution within 8 years. Risk factors and outcome of C. glabrata, Candida albicans, and other non-albicans Candida spp.