Neutropenic enterocolitis in children with acute leukemia or aplastic anemia

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-368

  Alioglu, Bulent ^a   Avci, Zekai ^a   Ozcay, Figen ^a   Arda, Serdar ^a   Ozbek, Namik ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Aplastic anemia; Appendicitis; Neutropenia; Neutropenic enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFEPIME; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NEUTROPENIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40449141420     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.E0739     Document Type: Article

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