Can antibacterial therapy be discontinued in persistently febrile granulocytopenic cancer patients?

It has been suggested that empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics, instituted for fever in the presence of granulocytopenia, should continue to be administered, even when infection is not demonstrable, to those patients who remain persistently febrile and granulocytopenic. Therefore, the consequences of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of medicine 1984-01, Vol.76 (3), p.450-457
Hauptverfasser:	Joshi, Jai H., Schimpff, Stephen C., Tenney, James H., Newman, Kathryn A., de Jongh, Carlos A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agranulocytosis - etiology Amikacin - therapeutic use Amphotericin B - therapeutic use Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Biological and medical sciences Fever - drug therapy Fever - etiology Humans Lactams - therapeutic use Medical sciences Neoplasms - complications Pharmacology. Drug treatments
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