Clustering of Fournier (male genital) gangrene cases in a pediatric cancer ward

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 472-474

  Bakshi, Chetna ^a   Banavali, Shripad ^a   Lokeshwar, Nilesh ^a   Prasad, Rajendra ^a   Advani, Suresh ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Fournier gangrene; Hematologic malignancies; Pediatric cancer

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PENIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141891357     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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