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2688. The Clinical Impact of Early De-escalation of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients with Febrile Neutropenia

BACKGROUND: In patients with febrile neutropenia (FN) the initiation of broad-spectrum antibiotics (BSA), an anti-pseudomonal agent +/− vancomycin, is recommended by national guidelines. BSA should be continued until absolute neutrophil count (ANC) recovery (ANC > 500 cells/mm(3)). With increasin...

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Autores principales: Davis, Matthew, Afifi, Salma, McManus, Dayna, Topal, Jeffrey E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811038/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2365