Evaluation of ticarcillin/clavulanic acid versus ceftriaxone plus amikacin for fever and neutropenia in pediatric patients with leukemia and lymphoma

BACKGROUND: The empirical use of antibiotic treatments is widely accepted as a means to treat cancer patients in chemotherapy who have fever and neutropenia. Intravenous monotherapy, with broad spectrum antibiotics, of patients with a high risk of complications is a possible alternative. METHODS: We...

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Main Authors: Petrilli Antonio Sérgio, Cypriano Monica, Dantas Lenice Silva, Lee Lúcia Martino, Luisi Maria Flávio Augusto Vercillo, Silva Katia Veronica Torres B., Pereira Carlos Alberto Pires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000200003