Current spectrum of bacterial infections in patients with nosocomial fever and neutropenia

Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 698-701

  Yadegarynia, Davood ^a   Fatemi, Alireza ^a   Mahdizadeh, Masih ^a   Movahhed, Reihaneh Kabiri ^a   Alizadeh, Mohammad Afshin ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacterial Infections; Fever; Neutropenia; Nosocomial; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84880814503     PISSN: 20086164     EISSN: 20086172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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