Abdominal abscess and Hafnia alvei septicemia occurring during the aplastic phase after autologous stem-cell transplantation in a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 303-306

  Candoni, Anna ^a   Trevisan, Roberto ^b   Filì, Carla ^a   Tiribelli, Mario ^a   Fanin, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal abscess; Hafnia alvei; Lymphoma; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; CD20 ANTIBODY; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHOTREXATE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAFNIA ALVEI; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11244320713     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-004-0341-3     Document Type: Article

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