Causative pathogens of fever in neutropenic patients at king Chulalongkorn memorial hospital

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 776-783

  Roongpoovapatr, Pitiya ^a   Suankratay, Chusana ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Bacterial infections and mycoses; Fever; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Mucormycosis; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955084835     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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