Evaluation of Febrile Neutropenic Attacks
In this study, origin of infection, therapeutic protocols, success and mortality rate of therapy were investigated in febrile neutropenic cases. Eighty-two febrile neutropenic attacks in 67 patients (42 male, 25 female) between age 2-82 years were evaluated in this study. Forty-one of the patients w...
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doaj-f65853f0cff94021b2380bbc6b3c2fa62020-11-25T01:21:12ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X2002-09-0173185190Evaluation of Febrile Neutropenic AttacksNebahat DİKİCİ0Onur URAL1Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Bakteriyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, KONYASelçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Bakteriyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, KONYAIn this study, origin of infection, therapeutic protocols, success and mortality rate of therapy were investigated in febrile neutropenic cases. Eighty-two febrile neutropenic attacks in 67 patients (42 male, 25 female) between age 2-82 years were evaluated in this study. Forty-one of the patients were diagnosed as leukemia, 9 as lymphoma, 8 as other hematological malignancies. No hematological malignancies were found at 9 patients. At the end of the examinations, microbiologically documented infection was reported in 35 (42.7%) patients, clinically defined infection was reported in 30 (36.6%), and fever of unknown origin was reported in 17 (20.7%) patients. There was no statistically significant difference between absolute neutrophil count and aetiology of fever (p> 0.05). 75.6% of patients were treated with combined therapy, 14.6% of patients with monotherapy and 9.8% of them were treated with different therapies. Success in treatment was achieved at 61 (88.4%) patients, 8 (11.6%) patients died.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2002-7-3-185-190.pdfFebrile neutropeniaInfectionTreatment |
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Evaluation of Febrile Neutropenic Attacks |
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Evaluation of Febrile Neutropenic Attacks |
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Evaluation of Febrile Neutropenic Attacks |
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Evaluation of Febrile Neutropenic Attacks |
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Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi |
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2002-09-01 |
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In this study, origin of infection, therapeutic protocols, success and mortality rate of therapy were investigated in febrile neutropenic cases. Eighty-two febrile neutropenic attacks in 67 patients (42 male, 25 female) between age 2-82 years were evaluated in this study. Forty-one of the patients were diagnosed as leukemia, 9 as lymphoma, 8 as other hematological malignancies. No hematological malignancies were found at 9 patients. At the end of the examinations, microbiologically documented infection was reported in 35 (42.7%) patients, clinically defined infection was reported in 30 (36.6%), and fever of unknown origin was reported in 17 (20.7%) patients. There was no statistically significant difference between absolute neutrophil count and aetiology of fever (p> 0.05). 75.6% of patients were treated with combined therapy, 14.6% of patients with monotherapy and 9.8% of them were treated with different therapies. Success in treatment was achieved at 61 (88.4%) patients, 8 (11.6%) patients died. |
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