A second look at anorectal infections in cancer patients in a large cancer institute: The success of early intervention with antibiotics and surgery

Infection

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 272-276

  Lehrnbecher, T ^a   Marshall, D ^a   Gao, C ^a   Chanock, S J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ANORECTAL INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECROSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANUS DISEASES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036389478     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-002-2197-8     Document Type: Article

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