AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 37, Issue 9 , Pages 741-745, November 2009

Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia in cancer patients

  • Karen J. Vigil, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas at Houston-Medical School, Houston, TX
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  • Javier A. Adachi, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Javier A. Adachi, MD, 1400 Pressler, Unit 1460, Houston, TX 77030.
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  • Halim Aboufaycal, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas at Houston-Medical School, Houston, TX
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  • Ray Y. Hachem, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Ruth A. Reitzel, BS

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
  • ,
  • Ying Jiang, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Jeffrey J. Tarrand, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Roy F. Chemaly, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Gerald P. Bodey, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Kenneth V. Rolston, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Isaam Raad, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

published online 01 June 2009.

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 Supported by discretionary funds, with no external or private financial support. KJV and JAA contributed equally to this work.

 An abstract version of this paper was presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) on October 2007.

 Conflicts of interest: None to report.

PII: S0196-6553(09)00429-5

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.02.002

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 37, Issue 9 , Pages 741-745, November 2009