Empirical antibiotics against Gram-positive infections for febrile neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Mical Paul; Sara Borok; Abigail Fraser; Liat Vidal; Leonard Leibovici

doi:10.1093/jac/dki028

Empirical antibiotics against Gram-positive infections for febrile neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Mical Paul, Sara Borok, Abigail Fraser, Liat Vidal, Leonard Leibovici

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To assess the value of empirical anti-Gram-positive antibiotics for the treatment of febrile neutropenia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	436-44
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Volume	55
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dki028
Publication status	Published - Apr 2005

Keywords

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Fever
Glycopeptides
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Humans
Neutropenia
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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