Rotavirus infections in paediatric oncology patients: A matched-pairs analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-87

  Rayani, Amnna ^a   Bode, Udo ^a   Habas, Elmukhtar ^a   Fleischhack, Gudrun ^a   Engelhart, Steffen ^b   Exner, Martin ^b   Schildgen, Oliver ^b   Bierbaum, Gabi ^b   Maria Eis Hübinger, Anna ^b   Simon, Arne ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Medical Centre   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nosocomial infection; Paediatric oncology; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPENIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBE FEEDING; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VOMITING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33845948435     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520600842179     Document Type: Article

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