• Hosp Med · Feb 2001

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    Empirical treatment of sepsis in neutropenic patients.

    • J Klastersky.
    • Service de Médecine et Laboratoire d'Investigation Clinique, Institut Jules Bordet, Centre des Tumeurs de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, rue Héger-Bordet 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
    • Hosp Med. 2001 Feb 1; 62 (2): 101-3.

    AbstractMortality associated with febrile neutropenia has dramatically decreased over the last three decades; a pivotal role has been played by the concept of hospital-based empirical therapy with broad-spectrum combinations of antibiotics. Nevertheless, there is evidence that a subgroup of patients with febrile neutropenia might benefit from less aggressive treatments.

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