Aeromonas Bacteremia in Patients with Hematologic Diseases

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-174

  Funada, Hisashi ^a   Matsuda, Tamotsu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Intestinal infections; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031091365     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.171     Document Type: Article

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