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Comparative analysis of neutropenia in patients receiving prolonged treatment with ceftaroline

Author(s) -

R. Brigg Turner,

Dorinda Wilson,

Henry Saedi-Kwon,

Eric L. Chang,

Regina Won,

Dominic Chan,

Jacqueline Schwartz

Publication year - 2017

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/dkx452

Subject(s) - medicine , neutropenia , daptomycin , incidence (geometry) , propensity score matching , antibacterial agent , nafcillin , vancomycin , absolute neutrophil count , antibiotics , febrile neutropenia , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , chemotherapy , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , penicillin , biology , bacteria , optics , genetics

Ceftaroline is often used in durations greater than that studied in clinical trials. Several retrospective, non-comparative studies have suggested a higher than anticipated incidence of neutropenia in patients receiving prolonged treatment with ceftaroline. We sought to determine if ceftaroline was associated with neutropenia by comparing the incidence with ceftaroline treatment with treatment with several comparative antibiotics.

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