Neutropenic enterocolitis, a growing concern in the era of widespread use of aggressive chemotherapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 711-717

  Snydman, David R ^a   Nesher, Lior ^a   Rolston, Kenneth V I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

enterocolitis neutropenic enterocolitis; taxanes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IFOSFAMIDE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MEROPENEM; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 84873615158     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis998     Document Type: Article

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