A study of bacteremia in febrile neutropenic patients at a tertiary-care hospital with special reference to anaerobes

Medical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-272

  Mathur, P ^a   Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Kumar, L ^a   Kapil, A ^a   Dhawan, B ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteremia; Febrile neutropenia; Hematological malignancies

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 0036917916     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MO:19:4:267     Document Type: Article

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