Febrile complications in the first 100 days after bone marrow transplantation in children: A single center's experience

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-347

  Dell'Orto, Mariagrazia ^a   Rovelli, Attilio ^a   Barzaghi, Anna ^a   Valsecchi, M G ^a   Silvestri, Daniela ^a   Giltri, Giuseppe ^b   Balduzzi, Adriana ^a   Biagi, Ettore ^a   Arrigo, Chiara ^a   Rossi, Mario Renato ^a   Masera, Giuseppe ^a   Uderzo, Cornelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Childhood; Infection; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEOMYCIN; NYSTATIN; PAROMOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 8544229882     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019709041593     Document Type: Article

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