Contribution of the Oral and Gastrointestinal Microbiomes to Bloodstream Infections in Leukemia Patients

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A major cause of mortality in hematologic malignancy patients is BSI. Previous studies have demonstrated that bacterial translocation from the GI microbiome is a major source of BSIs and is often preceded by increased levels of the infectious taxa in the GI (>30% abundance by 16S rRNA sequencing). In this study, we sought to better understand how domination and abundance levels of the oral and gut microbiome...

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