41-year-old woman with fever, neutropenia, and elevated transaminase levels

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-116

  Marcelin, Jasmine Riviere ^a   Jones, Jason M ^a   Costello, Brian A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SORE THROAT; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 84872911801     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.06.028     Document Type: Short Survey

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