Pseudomonas aeruginosa blepharoconjunctivitis during cytoreductive chemotherapy in a woman with acute lymphocytic leukemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 121-123

  Giagounidis, A A N ^a   Meckenstock, G ^a   Flacke, S ^a   Burk, M ^a   Wehmeier, A ^a   Aul, C ^a   Schneider, W ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Blepharoconjunctivitis; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYE SURGERY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOPENIA; ORBIT; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; BLEPHARITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030666775     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050325     Document Type: Article

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