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Ceftriaxone in Febrile Neutropenia
Journal of Chemotherapy, 2003Standard management of febrile neutropenia requires prompt administration of empirical, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, since febrile neutropenia is associated with a significant risk of infectious complications and mortality. Risk-assessment models have been developed that differentiate febrile patients with neutropenia according to their risk for ...
M, Karthaus, O A, Cornely
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Brucellosis in febrile neutropenia
Leukemia & Lymphoma, 2007Neutropenia is the major factor predisposing cancer patients to infection, chiefly by bacteria. In neutropenic patients, antimicrobial or antifungal therapy should be instituted before the microbio...
Mehmet, Artac, Ramazan, Sari
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The prevention of febrile neutropenia
Current Opinion in Oncology, 2006Febrile neutropenia causes significant morbidity and mortality in patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy. Antibiotic and granulocyte colony stimulating factor prophylaxis reduce the incidence of febrile neutropenia but uncertainty remains regarding their role in clinical practice.
Jennifer, Pascoe, Michael, Cullen
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Febrile neutropenia in children [PDF]
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2000 Fever is frequent in neutropenic patients and often related to infection. Two major concepts, have contributed to the marked mortality decrease of those patients by the end of the 1960s: firstly, the duration and severity of neutropenia were the most important variables linked to infection and secondly, prompt administration of broad-spectrum ...
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The Febrile Patient with Neutropenia
Acute Medicine Journal, 2012Fever in a neutropenic patient is an acute medical emergency. This article considers the diagnosis, investigation and management of neutropenic sepsis, along with the clinical challenges that an acute physician may face when treating patients presenting with this condition.
Tim, Cooksley, Mark, Holland
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Supportive Care in Cancer, 1993
Severe neutropenia and its related infectious complications remain a permanent threat for patients receiving intensive chemotherapy, especially in the context of bone marrow transplantation. Chemoprophylaxis and use of colony-stimulating factors have altered the severity of the clinical picture in a favorable direction: neutropenia can be shortened ...
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Severe neutropenia and its related infectious complications remain a permanent threat for patients receiving intensive chemotherapy, especially in the context of bone marrow transplantation. Chemoprophylaxis and use of colony-stimulating factors have altered the severity of the clinical picture in a favorable direction: neutropenia can be shortened ...
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Journal of Precision Oncology, 2022
We present a case of febrile neutropenia in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia caused by an uncommon bacterial species. The patient was treated with antibiotics for 14 days before being discharged. Pantoea agglomerans is a plant soil and water-dwelling agricultural organism.
Rupak Kumar Giri, Ranjit Kumar Sahoo
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We present a case of febrile neutropenia in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia caused by an uncommon bacterial species. The patient was treated with antibiotics for 14 days before being discharged. Pantoea agglomerans is a plant soil and water-dwelling agricultural organism.
Rupak Kumar Giri, Ranjit Kumar Sahoo
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2008
This review summarizes the current status and diagnostic-therapeutic challenges in febrile neutropenia. Patients with neutropenia-associated infections have a poor prognosis. A large meta-analysis of trials assessing prophylactic antibiotics has shown significant survival benefits; clinical significance of resistance is unclear.
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This review summarizes the current status and diagnostic-therapeutic challenges in febrile neutropenia. Patients with neutropenia-associated infections have a poor prognosis. A large meta-analysis of trials assessing prophylactic antibiotics has shown significant survival benefits; clinical significance of resistance is unclear.
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