Open AccessEmpirical antibiotic monotherapy for febrile neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Author(s) -
Mical Paul,
Dafna Yahav,
Abigail Fraser,
Leonard Leibovici
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki448
Subject(s) - medicine , febrile neutropenia , neutropenia , meta analysis , antibiotics , randomized controlled trial , intensive care medicine , chemotherapy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Early, empirical broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment is the established practice for febrile neutropenia. Several beta-lactams are accepted for monotherapy. We asked whether patients' outcomes are influenced by the chosen beta-lactam.
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