Impact of neutropenia on central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with hematological malignancies at the time of central venous catheter insertion: A matched-pair analysis

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Oct;40(10):1204-1206. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.224. Epub 2019 Jul 29.

¹ Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
² Department of Hematology and Oncology, Red Cross Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Internal Medicine I, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Dusseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
⁴ Clinic of Hematology and Oncology, Carl-Thiem Hospital Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany.
⁵ Department of Oncology, Hematology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Faculty, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
⁶ Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.

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