Viral isolates during febrile neutropaenia in children with cancer

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-24

  Yus, R ^a   Cotton, Mark F ^a   Wessels, G ^a   Hesseling, P B ^a   Bester, R ^b   Van Rensburg, E Janse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; VIREMIA; VIRUSES;

EID: 0033951166     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.1.21     Document Type: Article

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