Multidrug-Resistant <i>Pseudomonas Aeruginosa</i> Bloodstream Infections: Analysis of Trends in Prevalence and Epidemiology

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To the Editor: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection has been described only in patients with cystic fibrosis (1) and in isolated outbreaks in intensive-care unit (ICU) or neoplastic patients (2–4). We investigated the percentage and clinical findings of patients with P. aeruginosa bacteremia having MDR strains in a 1,700-bed university hospital in Rome, Italy, over a 10-year...

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