The impact of infectious diseases consultation on oncology practice

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 353-359

  Granwehr, Bruno P ^a   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence with recommendations; bacteremia; formal infectious diseases consultation; fungemia; informal infectious diseases consultation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BEDSIDE CONSULTATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANCER RISK; CANDIDEMIA; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; TELECONSULTATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

HUMANS; INFECTION; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84879885918     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: 1531703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e3283622c32     Document Type: Review

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