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ArticleWorld journal of clinical oncology2017

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Kamini Shah, Bryan F Curtin, Christopher Chu, Daniel Hwang, Mark H Flasar, Erik von Rosenvinge

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Article in World journal of clinical oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kamini ShahDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Bryan F CurtinDigestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 21201, United States.
Christopher ChuDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Daniel HwangDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, MD, United States.
Mark H FlasarDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine and VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Erik von RosenvingeDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine and VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Creative Research Enterprises (United States) · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USVA Maryland Health Care System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo evaluate factors associated with

methodsAfter IRB approval, all MDS/AML patients hospitalized at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center between August 2011 and December 2013 were identified. Medical charts were reviewed for demographics, clinical information, development of CDI, complications of CDI, and mortality. Patients with CDI, defined as having a positive stool PCR done for clinical suspicion of CDI, were compared to those without CDI in order to identify predictors of disease. A

resultsTwo hundred and twenty-three patients (60.1% male, mean age 61.3 years, 13% MDS, 87% AML) had 594 unique hospitalizations during the study period. Thirty-four patients (15.2%) were diagnosed with CDI. Factors significantly associated with CDI included lower albumin at time of hospitalization (

conclusionCDI is common in the MDS/AML population. Factors significantly associated with CDI in this population include low albumin, prior CDI, use of cytarabine-based chemotherapy, and prolonged neutropenia. In this study, we have identified a subset of patients in which prophylaxis studies could be targeted.

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Acute myeloid leukemiaClostridium difficileCytarabine-based chemotherapyMyelodysplastic syndromeNeutropenia

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PMID29067276
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