Improved management of neutropenic enterocolitis using early ultrasound scan and vigorous medical treatment [8]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-404

  Picardi, Marco ^a   Camera, Andrea ^a   Pane, Fabrizío ^a   Rotoli, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METRONIDAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NEUTROPENIC; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547134201     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519506     Document Type: Letter

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