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2002 Guidelines for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2002 · Vol. 34(6) · pp. 730–751
Walter T. Hughes✉(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)Donald Armstrong(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)Gerald P. Bodey(The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)Eric J. Bow(University of Manitoba)Arthur E. Brown(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)Thierry Calandra(University Hospital of Lausanne)Ronald Feld(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)Philip A. Pizzo(Harvard University)Kenneth V. I. Rolston(The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)Jerry L. Shenep(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)Lowell S. Young
Abstract
This article, prepared by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Fever and Neutropenia Guidelines Panel, updates guidelines established a decade ago by the Infectious Disease Society of America for the use of antimicrobial agents to treat neutropenic patients with unexplained fever
Neutropenia and Cancer InfectionsAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingMedicineAntimicrobialIntensive care medicineAnti-Infective AgentsCancerNeutropeniaInternal medicineChemotherapyMicrobiology
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Anti-Infective AgentsDrug TherapyEvaluation Studies as TopicFeverHumansNeoplasmsNeutropenia
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