Leuconostoc septicemia in a neutropenic patient with acute myelogenous leukemia relapsed after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-95

  Yamazaki, R ^a   Mori, T ^a   Sugita, K ^b   Aisa, Y ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a   Okamoto, S ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CYTARABINE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; TEICOPLANIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUCONOSTOC; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; RECURRENCE;

EID: 58649085258     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2008.00340.x     Document Type: Letter

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