Fever and respiratory distress in an 8-year-old boy receiving therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 714-721

  Weitzman, Sheila ^a   Manson, David ^a   Wilson, Gregory ^a   Allen, Upton ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEGIONELLA; LIP DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYPNEA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0038471338     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2003.217     Document Type: Article

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