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As many as 1 in 5 cancer patients undergoing treatment are hospitalized due to infection – and antibiotics are the main line of defense. However, a recent study shows that hospitalized cancer patients are twice as likely to contract resistant pathogens at hospitals which cause life-threatening blood stream infections. This week is World AMR Awareness Week (#WAAW), and we are advocating for action to slow drug-resistant infections in vulnerable populations. Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA and Diane Flayhart discuss in this blog post: https://lnkd.in/gy3r53BX #antimicrobialawareness #AMR

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