Value of routine procurement of isolator in addition to BacT/Alert blood cultures in febrile neutropenic patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 287-293

  Madani, Tariq A ^a,d   Kabani, Amin ^a,b   Hoban, Daryl ^a,b   Loewen, Ruth ^a   Bow, Eric J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; BacT Alert system; Blood culture; Febrile neutropenia; Isolator system

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEUTROPENIA; PATHOGENICITY;

EID: 0031795964     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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