Neutropenia is a risk factor for gram-negative bacillus bacteremia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: Results of a nested case- control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1175-1183

  Christopher Mathews, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Case control studies; HIV infections; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032535347     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009606     Document Type: Article

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