The ongoing ONKO-KISS project provides unprecedented reference data about the incidence of pneumonia and sepsis among BMT recipients and PBSCT recipients in Germany. These data will be used for further evaluation of the impact of hygiene measures and therapeutic regimens for these patients.

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Under laboratory conditions, colonization of the 'bladder' was significantly delayed when the CSB with a double NRV was used in comparison to the results obtained from the single NRV-system. Clinical trials should be conducted to investigate whether the urinary CSB with the double NRV has the ability to prevent (or to delay the onset of) catheter-associated urinary tract infection.

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