Bacterial isolates from neutropenic febrile pediatric patients and their sensitivity patterns to antibiotics

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 287-290

  Bhatti, Faizah N ^a   Burney, Ikram A ^a   Moid, M Imran ^a   Siddiqui, Tariq ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032150913     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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