Fever in the immunocompromised host

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 761-779

  Mendelson, M ^a  

^a Raleigh Building   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPLENIA; BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INJURY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NEOPLASM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREMIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031792765     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70032-8     Document Type: Article

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