Enteroviral infections in children with malignant disease: A 5-year study in a single institution

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-392

  Moschovi, Maria A ^a   Katsibardi, Katerina ^a   Theodoridou, Maria ^a   Michos, Athanassios G ^a   Tsakris, Athanassios ^b   Spanakis, Nikolaos ^b   Tzortzatou Stathopoulou, Fotini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Childhood malignancy; Enterovirus; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Immunoglobulins; Leukemia; Lymphoid malignancy; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLECONARIL;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD;

CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947157627     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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