Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in pediatric patients with cancer

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-174

  Srinivasan, Ashok ^a,b   Seifried, Steven ^c   Zhu, Liang ^a   Srivastava, Deo K ^a   Flynn, Patricia M ^a,b   Bankowski, Matthew J ^c   Shenep, Jerry L ^a,b   Hayden, Randall T ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Cancer; Children; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 75949094763     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b9a363     Document Type: Article

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