Meningitis in pediatric cancer patients: A review of forty cases from a single institution

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 902-907

  Sommers, Lisa M ^b   Hawkins, Douglas S ^a,c  

^a Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Malignancy; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEUTROPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032877977     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199910000-00013     Document Type: Article

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