Impact of Early Chemotherapy Resumption on the Outcome after Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Patients with Solid Tumors: A Retrospective Study in a Single Tertiary Cancer Center in Japan
Shunji Edagawa,
Tateaki Naito,
Shuhei Yamamoto
et al.
Abstract:Objective. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) in patients with solid tumors poses a dilemma between infection control and cancer treatment. We aimed to explore whether early resumption of chemotherapy yielded unfavorable outcomes in oncologic patients with SAB. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed patients who received chemotherapy within 90 days of SAB onset from 2011 to 2020. We divided patients who resumed chemotherapy into two groups by the median time from the negative blood culture to the chemotherap… Show more
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