Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?

Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?

BACKGROUND: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients are at a high risk for late bloodstream infection (BSI). Controversy exists regarding the benefit of surveillance blood cultures in this immunosuppressed population. Despite the common use of this practice, the practical value is not w...

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Main Authors: Heather Rigby, Conrad V Fernandez, Joanne Langley, Tim Mailman, Bruce Crooks, Ann Higgins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/719794
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spelling doaj-13966b1b579945a38cbcb113c14488532021-07-02T02:28:43ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322007-01-0118425325610.1155/2007/719794Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?Heather Rigby0Conrad V Fernandez1Joanne Langley2Tim Mailman3Bruce Crooks4Ann Higgins5Dalhousie University, CanadaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Infectious Disease, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Infectious Disease, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaInfection Prevention and Control Services, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaBACKGROUND: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients are at a high risk for late bloodstream infection (BSI). Controversy exists regarding the benefit of surveillance blood cultures in this immunosuppressed population. Despite the common use of this practice, the practical value is not well established in non-neutropenic children following HSCT.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/719794
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Ann Higgins
Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
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title Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?
title_short Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?
title_full Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?
title_fullStr Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?
title_full_unstemmed Routine Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Cohort: Do Patients Benefit?
title_sort routine surveillance for bloodstream infections in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant cohort: do patients benefit?
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series Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
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