Fulminant Aeromonas hydrophila infection during acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-157

  Papadakis, Vassilios ^a   Poniros, Nikolaos ^a   Katsibardi, Karerina ^a   Charissiadou, Athina Eleni ^a   Anastasopoulos, John ^a   Polychronopoulou, Sophia ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Aeromonas hydrophila; Fasciitis; Febrile neutropenia; Gangrene; Myonecrosis; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISOLONE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA INFECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859865411     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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