Neurotropenic fever

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-228

  Cohen, Merrill A ^a   Lewis, Gwendolyn M ^b  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HUMANS; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 33748063007     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.05.021     Document Type: Letter

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