Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study

In this study, linked Western Australian health data were used to determine presence of an antibiotic-resistant infection (ABRI) for all people diagnosed with a primary invasive cancer in 2009. Of 10 858 cancer cases, 154 (1.42%) had an ABRI. Patients with an ABRI were older (71.5 vs 66 years), and...

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Main Authors: Slavova-Azmanova, N., Haddow, L., Hohnen, H., Coombs, Geoffrey, Robinson, J., Ives, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69623