Bacteremia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Incidence and predictive value of surveillance cultures

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 745-749

  Frere P ^a   Hermanne, J P ^a   Debouge, M H ^a   de Mol, P ^b   Fillet, G ^a   Beguin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Division of Microbiology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Infection; Surveillance cultures

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COAGULASE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST CANCER; CHILD; CHRONIC GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 16544364330     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704414     Document Type: Article

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