Incidence and molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremias in patients with acute leukemia: Analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

New Microbiologica

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-361

  Fanci, R ^a   Paci, C ^a   Anichini, P ^b   Pecile, P ^b   Marra, G ^b   Casini, C ^a   Nicoletti, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Molecular epidemiology; P. aeruginosa; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEUTROPENIA;

BACILLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTEREMIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; NEUTROPENIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0642372734     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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