Compliance with anti-infective preventive measures: A multicentre survey among paediatric oncology patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1861-1865

  Lehrnbecher, Thomas ^a   Laws, Hans Jürgen ^b   Boehm, Alexandra ^c   Dworzak, Michael ^d   Janssen, Gisela ^b   Simon, Arne ^e   Groll, Andreas H ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Child; Compliance; Infection; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MOUTHWASH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49549119737     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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