Bacteremic episodes in pediatric oncology patients with special respect to viridans streptococci;Bakteriamie-episoden bei padiatrisch-onkologischen patienten, insbesondere dutch streptokokken der viridans-gruppe

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 256-260

  Berner, Reinhard ^a   Sauter, Siegfried ^a   Duffner, Ulrich ^a   Brandis, Matthias ^a   Niemeyer, Charlotte M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteremic episodes; Pediatric oncology patients; Viridans streptococci

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEPSIS; SOLID TUMOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032109683     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1043888     Document Type: Article

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