Prophylaxis with fluoroquinolones for bacterial infections in neutropenic patients: A meta-analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 795-805

  Cruciani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXITHROMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTEREMIA; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MIXTURE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NEUTROPENIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029741843     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.795     Document Type: Review

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