The impact of mucositis on α-hemolytic streptococcal infection in patients undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation for hematologic malignancies

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2275-2281

  Ruescher, Thomas J ^a   Sodeifi, Alireza ^a   Scrivani, Steven J ^b   Kaban, Leonard B ^b   Sonis, Stephen T ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bone marrow transplantation; Finance; Mucositis; Sepsis; Streptococcal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMATITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032103396     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980601)82:11<2275::AID-CNCR25>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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