Radiological and invasive diagnosis in the detection of pneumonia in fabrile neutropenia

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-92

  Ninane, Vincent ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CT scan; Febrile neutropenia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033769844     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(00)00202-8     Document Type: Article

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