Clostridium difficile-associated disease in children with solid tumors

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-324

  Castagnola, Elio ^a   Battaglia, Teresa ^a   Bandettini, Roberto ^a   Caviglia, Ilaria ^a   Baldelli, Ivana ^a   Nantron, Marilina ^a   Moroni, Cristina ^a   Garaventa, Alberto ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; C. difficile; Chemotherapy; Solid tumour

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TOPOTECAN; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEORISM; NAUSEA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SOLID TUMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59449098449     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0507-0     Document Type: Article

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