The significance of microbial cultures of the hematopoietic support for patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy

Journal of Hematotherapy and Stem Cell Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-294

  Cohen, A ^a   Tepperberg, M ^a   Waters Pick, B ^a   Coniglio, D ^a   Perfect, J ^a   Peters, W P ^a   Gilbert, C ^a   Morgan, C ^a   Vredenburgh, J J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKAPHERESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0029739119     PISSN: 15258165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.1.1996.5.289     Document Type: Article

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