Bacteremia in patients with febrile neutropenia after chemotherapy at a university medical center in Malaysia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 513-517

  Baskaran, Nirmala Devi ^a   Gan, Gin Gin ^b   Adeeba, Kamarulzaman ^b   Sam, I Ching ^b  

^a Kajang Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Febrile neutropenia; Infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHEMOTHERAPY; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONOTHERAPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35448989424     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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