Fatal Micrococcus sp. infection in a child with leukaemia - A cautionary case

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 553-554

  Shanks, Deborah ^a   Goldwater, Paul ^a   Pena, Alexia ^a   Saxon, Ben ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Central line infection; Micrococcus luteus; Mortality; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEFALOTIN; CEFIPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTARABINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IDARUBICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TIOGUANINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035191586     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.1253     Document Type: Article

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