Pathogenesis of bloodstream infection in children with blood cancer

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-204

  Lv, Hua ^a   Ning, Botao ^b  

^a Departments of Infection Control   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Drug resistance; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIRAMIDE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHINA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA THOMPSON; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84869408752     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.738     Document Type: Article

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