Diagnosis and therapy of lung infiltrates in febrile neutropenic patients;Diagnostik und therapie von lungeninfiltraten bei febrilen neutropenischen patienten

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Maschmeyer, Georg ^d   Beinert, Thomas ^a   Buchheidt, Dieter ^b,e   Einsele, Hermann ^f   Holler, Ernst ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d Section of Pathology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DRUG CHOICE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEVER; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 0032952186     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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