Infections in adults undergoing unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 560-568

  Williamson, Emma C M ^b   Millar, Michael R ^b   Steward, Colin G ^a   Cornish, Jacqueline M ^a   Foot, Annabel B M ^a   Oakhill, Anthony ^a   Pamphilon, Derwood H ^a   Reeves, Barnaby ^c   Caul, E Owen ^d   Warnock, David W ^d   Marks, David I ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Lincoln's Inn Fields   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Bone marrow transplantation; Infection; T cell depletion; Unrelated donor

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDA; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0141796815     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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