Malaria parasitemia associated with febrile neutropenia in African patients undergoing chemotherapy for haematological malignancies: A report of three patients

Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-119

  Rapoport, Bernardo L ^a,b   Uys, Almarie ^a  

^a Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Febrile neutropenia; Leukaemia; Lymphoma; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BLEOMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORMETHINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; QUININE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TOBRAMYCIN; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DEATH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALARIA; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; PARASITEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 41349097559     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000118663     Document Type: Article

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