Antibiotic prophylaxis with teicoplanin on alternate days reduces rate of viridans sepsis and febrile neutropenia in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Intensive chemotherapy directed against acute myeloid leukemia of childhood is followed by profound neutropenia and high risk for bacterial and fungal infections, including viridans group streptococci as a common cause for gram-positive septicemia. Few retrospective studies have shown the efficacy o...

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Autores principales: Boztug, Heidrun, Mühlegger, Nora, Pötschger, Ulrike, Attarbaschi, Andishe, Peters, Christina, Mann, Georg, Dworzak, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27699447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00277-016-2833-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27699447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00277-016-2833-5

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