Bacterial profile and antibiogram of blood stream infections in febrile neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies
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detection of legionella pneumophila in urine and serum specimens of neutropenic febrile patients with haematological malignancies
legionella pneumophila ( l. pneumophila ) is a gram-negative bacterium which causes legionnaires’ disease as well pontiac fever. the legionella infections in patients suffering from neutropenia- as a common complication of cancer chemotherapy- can distribute rapidly. we aimed to detection of l. pneumophila in haematological malignancy suffering patients with nuetropenic fever by targeting t...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1972-2680
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.9725