Use of antibacterial prophylaxis for patients with neutropenia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1 B, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Slavin, M A ^a,b   Lingaratnam, S ^a   Mileshkin, L ^a,c   Booth, D L ^b   Cain, M J ^d   Ritchie, D S ^a,b   Wei, A ^e   Thursky, K A ^a,b,f  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial prophylaxis; Fluoroquinolone; Neutropenic fever; Resistance; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CISPLATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 79251554095     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02341.x     Document Type: Article

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