Infections of Febrile Neutropenic Patients in Malignant Hematological Diseases (Second Study Period)
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Infections of febrile neutropenic patients in malignant hematological diseases.
We observed 71 febrile, neutropenic episodes in 25 oncohematological patients after chemotherapy during a 3-years period from 1995 to 1997. Three patients died because of infections (pneumonia with septic shock, gram-negative bacteremia and sepsis, pseudomembranous colitis and diffuse peritonitis) at the period of prolonged, deep neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count < 100/mm3). During the 71 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0026-4075,1930-613X
DOI: 10.7205/milmed.170.8.653