Study of Bacterial Pathogens and Viral Infections in Neutropenic Cancer Patients
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The increase use of intensive cytotoxic chemotherapy regimes achieve maximum antitumor activity, and cause of severe neutropenia. Neutropenic cancer patients are prone to infection when they become febrile. Bacterial infections are predominating among these patients. The bacterial infections in such patients are differ from institution to institution and is influenced by factors such a use of prophylactic antimicrobial agents. The treatment of neutropenic patients is possible by adoption of successful empirical antimicrobial therapy to eliminate the majority of bacterial pathogens.
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