Evolution of the clinical manifestations of infection during the course of febrile neutropenia in patients with malignancy

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 349-354

  Dompeling, E C ^a   Donnelly, J P ^a   Raemaekers, J M M ^a   Deresinski, S C ^b   Feld, R ^c   De Pauw, B E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031796678     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02770834     Document Type: Article

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