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Shock and Early Death in Hematologic Patients with Febrile Neutropenia

Author(s) -

Mariana Guaraná,

Márcio Nucci,

Simone Aranha Nouér

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.01250-19

Subject(s) - medicine , neutropenia , bacteremia , odds ratio , septic shock , confidence interval , univariate analysis , gastroenterology , epidemiology , surgery , antibiotics , sepsis , multivariate analysis , microbiology and biotechnology , chemotherapy , biology

Empirical antibiotic therapy with a beta-lactam is the standard of care in febrile neutropenia (FN) and is given to prevent early death. The addition of vancomycin is recommended in certain circumstances, but the quality of evidence is low, reflecting the lack of clinical data.

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