Value of surveillance blood cultures in neutropenic patients - A pilot study

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-173

  Penack, Olaf ^a   Keilholz, Ullrich ^a   Thiel, Eckhard ^a   Blau, Igor Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEATH; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUTROPENIA; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EVALUATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23844490185     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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