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Asahikawa Med College
Immunocompromised patients' natural flora is main culprit for septicemia
September 10th, 2003
An immunocompromised patient's nasopharynx and intestinal flora are the main culprits for septicemia. "Most causative organisms of sepsis in immunocompromised patients are the same species as those that colonize their own nasopharynx or intestinal tract. To determine whether the strains recovered from blood originate mainly from patients' own flora, isolates from blood and throat and/or stool were investigated by genomic analysis. Surveillance cultures of throat and stool were taken prospectively from cancer patients being treated with intensive chemotherapy followed by hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation," scientists in Japan report. "In those...
Source: Biotech Week (2003-09-10)
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