Value of surveillance cultures in a bone marrow transplantation unit

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 785-791

  Czirók, Éva ^a   Prinz, G Y ^b   Denes R ^c   Remenyi P ^c   Herendi, Agnes ^a  

^a National Institute of Public Health Budapest   (Hungary)

^b Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

^c National Institute of Haematology and Immunology Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; FEVER; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE FLORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030884629     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-9-785     Document Type: Article

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