Enterococcal bloodstream infection after hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Experience of a center with a low prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1744-

  Mikulska, Małgorzata ^a   Del Bono, Valerio ^a   Raiola, Anna Maria ^a   Signori, Alessio ^b   Prinapori, Roberta ^a   Ghiso, Anna ^a   Bacigalupo, Andrea ^a   Viscoli, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTEREMIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84870220258     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis765     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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