Infection by alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidansin neutropenic patients

Oncology (Switzerland)

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-262

  Knippschild, Monika ^a   Schmid, Ernst N ^a   Uppenkamp, Michael ^a   König, Erika ^a   Meusers, Peter ^a   Brittinger, Günter ^a   Höffkes, Heinz Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans; Fever of undetermined origin; Neutropenic fever; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCALIGENES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029947166     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: 14230232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000227570     Document Type: Article

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