Analysis of 553 episodes of monomicrobial bacteraemia in cancer patients: Any association between risk factors and outcome to particular pathogen?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 330-333

  Spanik, S ^a,e   Kukuckova, E ^a   Pichna, P ^c   Grausova, S ^a   Krupova, I ^a   Rusnakova, V ^c   Kralovicova, K ^a   Krchnakova, A ^a   Mrazova, M ^a   Lacka, J ^b   Koren, P ^d   Stopkova, K ^a   Nogova, J ^e   Demitrovicova, A ^a   Helpianska, L ^b   Krcmery Jr , V ^a,f  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b ST ELIZABETH CANCER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^d SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^e CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^f NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Monomicrobial bacteraemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR;

BACTEREMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 8544266037     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050083     Document Type: Article

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