European survey of herpesvirus resistance to antiviral drugs in bone marrow transplant recipients

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 813-817

  Reusser, P ^a   Cordonnier, C ^b   Einsele, H ^c   Engelhard, D ^d   Link, H ^e   Locasciulli, A ^f   Ljungman, P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antiviral drug resistance; Bone marrow transplantation (BMT); Herpesvirus resistance

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; VIDARABINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EUROPE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029887429     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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