Fatal anerobic bacteremia after hematopoietic stem cell transplant

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-145

  Slavin, Monica A ^a   Grigg, Andrew P ^a   Schwarer, Anthony P ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anerobic BSI; HSCT

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZTREONAM; CARBOPLATIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; GENTAMICIN; IDARUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; IMIPENEM; INOTROPIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TEICOPLANIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG ERUPTION; ENTEROCOLITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BACTEREMIA; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 0842279771     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000149449     Document Type: Article

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