Brucella bacteremia in a recipient of an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Al Anazi, Khalid A ^a   Jafar, Saleh Abu ^a   Al Jasser, Asma M ^b   Al Omar, Hamad ^a   Al Mohareb, Fahad I ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDARABINE; IMIPENEM; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; RANITIDINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; OUTPATIENT; SAUDI ARABIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 77953415011     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-91     Document Type: Article

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