Serial granulocyte transfusions as a treatment for sepsis due to multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neutropenic patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4892-4893

  Lin, Ying Wei ^a,b   Adachi, Souichi ^a   Watanabe, Ken Ichiro ^a   Umeda, Katsutsugu ^a   Nakahata, Tatsutoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMIPENEM; MELPHALAN; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; NIMUSTINE; PIPERACILLIN; TACROLIMUS;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKEMIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; NEUTROPENIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0141923711     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4892-4893.2003     Document Type: Article

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