Evidence-based guidelines for empirical therapy of neutropenic fever in Korea

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-252

  Lee, Dong Gun ^a,b   Kim, Sung Han ^c   Kim, Soo Young ^a,d   Kim, Chung Jong ^a   Park, Wan Beom ^e   Song, Young Goo ^f   Choi, Jung Hyun ^b  

^a National Evidence Based Healthcare Collaborating Agency   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fever; Korea; Neutropenia; Practice guideline

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MICAFUNGIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLACEBO; POSACONAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIMENTIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONOTHERAPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; SIDE EFFECT; SOUTH KOREA; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HUMANS; NEUTROPENIA; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959857503     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2011.26.2.220     Document Type: Article

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