Bacteremia due to multiresistant Gram-negative bacilli in neutropenic cancer patients: A case controlled study

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 320-325

  Krcmery Jr V ^a,b,d   Spanik, S ^a,b   Krupova, I ^b   Trupl, J ^b,c   Kunova, A ^b   Smid, M ^a   Pichnova, E ^a  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Natl St Elizabeth Cancer I   (Slovakia)

^c Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^d Heydukova 10   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteremia; Gram negative bacteremia; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 15644362312     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.1998.10.4.320     Document Type: Article

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