Nosocomial Infections in Neutropenic Cancer Patients
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 14 (6), 320-324
- https://doi.org/10.2307/30146525
Abstract
Objective: Identification of overall and sitespecific rates of nosocomial infection in neutropenic patientswith cancer and associated pathogens. Design: Cumulative continuous prospective surveillance over a 42-month period. Criteria and definitions of infection in neutropenic patients (absolute neutrophil countsKeywords
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