Bacteremia by gram-negative bacilli in patients with hematologic malignancies. Comparison of the clinical presentation and outcome of infections by Enterobacteria and non-glucose-fermenting gram-negative bacilli

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-11

  Martino, Rodrigo ^a   Santamaría, Amparo ^a   Muñoz, Luz ^a   Pericas, Roser ^a   Altés, Albert ^a   Prats, Guillem ^a   Sierra, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Gram negative; Hematologic malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CATHETER INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032821314     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000040960     Document Type: Article

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