Outcomes of bacteremia in patients with cancer and neutropenia: observations from two decades of epidemiological and clinical trials
Elting LS;Rubenstein EB;Rolston KV;Bodey GP;;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America1997Vol. 25pp. -
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ls1997clinicaloutcomes
Abstract
The prognostic significance of major organ and tissue infection was examined in 909 episodes of bacteremia that were selected from 10 consecutive, randomized clinical trials of antibiotic therapy for infection in patients with cancer and neutropenia. Extensive tissue infection significantly compromi …