Septicemia due to viridans streptococci in children with malignant hematologic diseases;Sepsis durch vergrunende streptokokken bei kindern mit malignen hamatologischen erkrankungen

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 364-372

  Rieske, Karin ^a   Handrick, Werner ^a   Spencker, Friedrich Bernhard ^b   Günther, Elisabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Neutropenia; Sepsis; Viridans streptococci

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZLOCILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTARABINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; VANCOMYCIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; CYTARABINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030733803     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1043977     Document Type: Review

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