Epidemiology of blood stream infections in pediatric patients at a Tertiary Care Cancer Centre

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 438-441

  Thacker, N ^a   Pereira, N ^a   Banavali, S D ^a   Narula, G ^a   Vora, T ^a   Chinnaswamy, G ^a   Prasad, M ^a   Kelkar, R ^a   Biswas, S ^a   Arora, B ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Blood stream infections; hematolymphoid; malignancy; oncology; pediatric

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; METICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANCER CENTER; CANDIDA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; CANDIDEMIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CANDIDEMIA; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84958169737     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.175311     Document Type: Article

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