Investigation of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, risk factors and their impact on mortality in cancer patients at a tertiary care cancer hospital- A prospective study.
Akshay ShelkePallavi PriyaShiwani MishraRicha ChauhanKrishna MurtiV RavichandiranSameer DhingraPublished in: Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials (2024)
This study emphasizes the necessity for personalized interventions among cancer patients, such as identifying patients at risk of infection, judicious antibiotic use, infection control measures, and the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs to reduce the rate of antimicrobial-resistant infection and associated mortality and hospital length of stay.