introduction : conventional amphotericin b is one of the antifungal choices as prophylactic and empiric treatment against fungal infections in febrile neutropenic patients. however the time of initiation, dosing and monitoring of drug adverse effects must be justified to maximize the efficacy and minimize the toxicities of this antifungal agent. methods : we conducted a prospective observationa...

Evaluation of proliferative activity of granulocytic progenitor cells from marrows of neutropenic patients was performed by utilizing in vitro culture methods measuring granulocytic colony-forming capacity (CFC) and the proportion of granulocytic progenitor cells in the DNA synthetic (S) phase of the cell cycle. Except for low CFC values found in five patients with myeloid hypoplasia, the remai...

DESCRIPTION ‘Typhlitis’ describes enterocolitis of the ileocaecal region seen commonly in neutropenic patients. As compared with other malignant conditions, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is most often associated with typhlitis. The pathogenesis of typhlitis probably involves a combination of factors, including mucosal injury by cytotoxic drugs, profound neutropenia and impaired host defence to ...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Despite the beneficial effects in the resolution of inflammatory disorders due to their immunosuppressive properties, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are associated with a reduction of immune resistance to some microorganisms. Here, we examine the influence of different dietary lipids on host immune resistance against Listeria monocytogenes in mice treated with cyclophosphamid...

introduction : infections in neutropenic patients are considered as major causes of mortality and emergence of drug resistant gram positive bacterial infections are crucially important to be covered if indicated. vancomycin is active against most gram positive bacteria including methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa). in this study, we evaluated the appropriate utilization of this a...

background: vancomycin is used abundantly in patients undergoing hsct, especially during neutropenic fever. despite its widespread use little is known about vancomycin pharmacokinetics in hsct patients. we conducted this study to investigate vancomycin pharmacokinetic parameters in our hsct patients and to evaluate current dosing regimen based on trough vancomycin concentrations measurement. me...

Neutropenic colitis is recognized as a rare complication of chemotherapy in haematological malignancies. By contrast, the complication is less well known in relationship to chemotherapy for solid malignancies. There are very few examples reported and this paper adds three further cases and reviews the literature. We emphasize that although some cases of neutropenic colitis may be managed medica...

Febrile neutropenia is a frequent complication in hematology-oncology, BMT, and solid organ transplantation. Approximately 50% of those who develop febrile neutropenia have a documented or occult infection. Febrile patients with severe neutropenia (<100/mm3) have bacteremia in up to 20% of cases. Initial evaluation should include careful history and physical examination with particular attentio...

Reperfusion of ischemic myocardium may accelerate necrosis of injured myocytes. To determine the role of neutrophil leukocytes in this process, we examined whether neutrophil depletion during reperfusion could modify infarct size in anesthetized dogs. The proximal circumflex coronary artery was occluded for 90 minutes and then reperfused for 2 hours via an extracorporeal circuit with either who...