A comparative study of imipenem versus piperacillin plus gentamicin in the initial management of febrile neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies

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Three-hundred and twelve episodes of fever in 234 neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies were treated empirically with either imipenem or a combination of piperacillin and gentamicin. There were no significant differences in the percentages of patients responding to therapy at either ā€¦
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Authors Leyland MJ;Bayston KF;Cohen J;Warren R;Newland AC;Bint AJ;Cefai C;White DG;Murray SA;Bareford D;;
Journal The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Year 1992
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1289359
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult adolescent aged middle aged Comparative Study Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study drug therapy fever / drug therapy* neutropenia / complications* fever / etiology neutropenia / etiology combination / therapeutic use* fever / microbiology pmid:1289359 doi:10.1093/jac/30.6.843 m j leyland k f bayston d bareford gentamicins / therapeutic use imipenem / therapeutic use* leukemia / complications* lymphoma / complications* piperacillin / therapeutic use

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