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: Antonio Sérgio Petrilli, Monica Cypriano, Lenice Silva Dantas, Lúcia Martino Lee, Maria Flávio Augusto Vercillo Luisi, Katia Veronica Torres B. Silva, Carlos Alberto Pires Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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