Early identification of neutropenic patients at risk of grampositive bacteraemia and the impact of empirical administration of vancomycin

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1996
The aim of this multicentre randomised trial was to determine whether it was possible to predict grampositive bacteraemia, and whether the empirical use of vancomycin would lead to reduced morbidity and mortality. 35 of 113 patients (31%; confidence interval, CI 8.5), who presented with a skin or so …
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Authors Dompeling EC;Donnelly JP;Deresinski SC;Feld R;Lane-Allman EF;De Pauw BE;;
Journal European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
Year 1996
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8869095
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine treatment outcome research support non-u.s. gov't adult female male middle aged Skin Diseases Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study bacteremia / drug therapy* neutropenia / complications* bacterial / drug therapy anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use* soft tissue infections / drug therapy neoplasms / complications gram-positive bacterial infections / drug therapy* vancomycin / therapeutic use* gram-positive bacterial infections / diagnosis bacteremia / etiology pmid:8869095 doi:10.1016/0959-8049(96)00050-0 e c dompeling j p donnelly b e de pauw gram-positive bacterial infections / etiology opportunistic infections / diagnosis opportunistic infections / drug therapy* opportunistic infections / etiology

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