Infections in haematological malignancies: An autopsy study of 72 cases

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 406-408

  Srivastava, Vivi M ^a   Krishnaswami, Hemalatha ^a   Srivastava, Alok ^a   Dennison, David ^a   Chandy, Mammen ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Candida; Co infection; Gram negative bacteria; Haematological malignacy; India

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER; CANDIDIASIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029813646     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90524-6     Document Type: Article

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