Formal adult infectious disease specialist consultations in the outpatient setting at a comprehensive cancer center (1998-2008): Diverse and impactful

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-265

  Pongas, G ^a   Hamilos, G ^a   Rolston, K V ^a   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Consultation; Infectious diseases; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BONE INFECTION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CELLULITIS; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERODIAGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855195726     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-1065-9     Document Type: Article

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