Infections in the immunocompromised host : A prospective multicenter survey in patients receiving chemotherapy for acute leukemia

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 769-773

  Advani, S H ^a   Kochupillai, V ^b   Lalitha, N ^d   Shanta, V ^c   Maitreyan, V ^c   Nair, Reena ^a   Banerjee, Uma ^b   Kelkar, Rohini ^a   Mukherjee, Shoibal ^e  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE WIA   (India)

^d KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, NONLYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030275592     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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