Bacillus cereus brain abscesses occurring in a severely neutropenic patient: Successful treatment with antimicrobial agents, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and surgical drainage

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 654-657

  Sakai, Chikara ^a   Iuchi, Toshihiko ^a   Ishii, Akihiro ^a   Kumagai, Kyoya ^a   Takagi, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Bacteremia; Diarrhea; Irinotecan (CPT 11); Liver abscesses

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NEUTROPENIA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0034872223     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.654     Document Type: Article

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