Incidence of septicaemias and invasive mycoses in children undergoing treatment for solid tumours: a 12-year experience at a single Italian institution
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)2001Vol. 37pp. -
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Abstract
We carried out a retrospective study on the infection rate--in episodes per 100 person months at risk (p/m/r)--of septicaemia and invasive mycoses in children with solid tumours treated at a single institution between 1985 and 1996. Among 982 patients, accounting for 8108 p/m/r, 257 infectious episo …