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Meta-analysis: antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in neutropenic patients


A Gafter-Gvili, A Fraser, M Paul, L Leibovici - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians
Background: Bacterial infections are a major cause of illness and death in
patients who are neutropenic after chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Trials
have shown the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in decreasing the ...
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Levofloxacin to prevent bacterial infection in patients with cancer and neutropenia

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G Bucaneve, A Micozzi, F Menichetti, P Martino … - The New England journal of medicine, 2005 - nejm.highwire.org
From Policlinico Monteluce, Perugia (GB, MSD, ADF); Università La Sapienza,
Rome (AM, PM, RF); Ospedale Cisanel- lo, Pisa (FM); Istituto Oncologico Euro-
peo, Milan (GM); Ospedale Santi Anto- nio e Biagio, Alessandria (BA); ...
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Antibacterial prophylaxis after chemotherapy for solid tumors and lymphomas

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M Cullen, N Steven, L Billingham, C Gaunt, M … - New England Journal of Medicine, 2005 - content.nejm.org
From University Hospital Birmingham Cancer Centre, Birmingham (MC, IF); Ysbyty
Gwynedd, Bangor (NS); Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies,
University of Birmingham, Birmingham (NS, LB, CG, DR); the National Pub- ...
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Efficacy of oral prophylactic antibiotics in neutropenic afebrile oncology patients: a …

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MD Van de Wetering, MA de Witte, LCM … - European Journal of Cancer, 2005 - Elsevier
The use of oral prophylactic antibiotics in oncology patients is still a matter
of debate. A systematic review was performed to assess the evidence for the
effectiveness of oral prophylactic antibiotics to decrease bacteraemia and ...
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Efficacy of quinolone prophylaxis in neutropenic cancer patients: a meta-analysis

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EA Engels, J Lau, M Barza - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1998 - jcojournal.org
Purpose: To perform a meta-analysis to estimate the efficacy of quinolone
antibiotics in preventing infec- tions, fevers, and deaths among cancer patients
neutro- penic following chemotherapy. Methods: We searched MEDLINE to ...
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Antibiotic prophylaxis in neutropenic patients New evidence, practical decisions


L Leibovici, M Paul, M Cullen, G Bucaneve, A … - CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians - interscience.wiley.com
New evidence shows that antibiotic prophylaxis in neutropenic patients reduces
mortality, febrile episodes, and bacterial infections. For patients with acute
leukemia or those who undergo bone marrow transplantation, prophylaxis with ...
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Fluoroquinolone resistance of Escherichia coli at a cancer center: epidemiologic evolution …


WV Kern, K Klose, AS Jellen-Ritter, M … - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious …, 2005 - Springer
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2005) 24: 111–118 DOI 10.1007/s10096-005-1278
-x ... WV Kern · K. Klose · AS Jellen-Ritter · M. Oethinger · J. Bohnert ·
P. Kern · S. Reuter · H. von Baum · R. Marre
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Prophylactic antimicrobial agents and the importance of fitness

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LR Baden - New England Journal of Medicine, 2005 - content.nejm.org
Improved management of infectious complications of cancer has contributed
substantially to the success of care over the past several decades. In the 1960s
it became clear that neutropenia was highly correlated with the occurrence ...
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Reduction of chemotherapy-induced febrile leucopenia by prophylactic use of ciprofloxacin …

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VCG Tjan-Heijnen, PE Postmus, A Ardizzoni, … - Annals of Oncology, 2001 - Springer
(P =0.010; 1-sided), with an overall incidence through all cycles of 43% vs. 24%
respectively (P = 0.007; 1-sided). There were less Gram-positive (12 vs. 4),
Gram-negative (20 vs. 5) and clinically documented (38 vs. 15) infections ...
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Reappraisal with meta-analysis of the addition of Gram-positive prophylaxis to …

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M Cruciani, M Malena, O Bosco, S Nardi, G … - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2003 - jcojournal.org
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