The spectrum of bacterial infections in febrile neutropenic patients: Effect on empiric antibiotic therapy

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 364-367

  Burney, Ikram A ^a   Farooqui, Badar J ^a   Siddiqui, Tariq ^a   Khurshid, Mohammed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NEUTROPENIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032323460     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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