Trends in infections in children with malignant disease in 2000: Comparison of data of 1980/81

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 343-354

  Laws, H J ^a   Schneider, D T ^a   Janssen, G ^a   Wessalowski, R ^a   Dilloo, D ^a   Meisel, R ^a   Adams, O ^a   Mackenzie, C ^a   Gobel U ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FUO; HSCT; Hyperthermia; Infection; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZLOCILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY WARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 34447116367     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010701391788     Document Type: Article

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