Leuconostoc sp in cancer patients: A descriptive study;Leuconostoc sp en pacientes con cáncer: Estudio descriptivo

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-188

  Cuervo Maldonado, Sonia Isabel ^a,b   Cortés L , Jorge ^a   Rodríguez R , Elizabeth ^d   Hormaza A , Natan ^c   Vargas S , Erwing ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Infection; Leuconostoc; Neoplasm; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45849126051     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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