Febrile episodes in children with cancer in the United Arab Emirates

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-142

  Mahmood, Salman ^a,b   Révész, Tamás ^a   Mpofu, Christopher ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b King Faisal Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

childhood; infections; leukemia; neutropenia; tumors

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; SOLID TUMOR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0029937803     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019609030803     Document Type: Article

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