Surveillance of nosocomial infections in pediatric cancer patients [1] (multiple letters)

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 611-613

  Simon, Arne ^a   Bode, Udo ^a   Fleischhack, Gudrun ^a   Kramer, Michael ^a   Panhotra, B R ^b   Saxena, Anil K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*

^c KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; LITERATURE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 28544448033     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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