Meta-analysis: antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in neutropenic patients

Anat Gafter-Gvili; Abigail Fraser; Mical Paul; Leonard Leibovici

Meta-analysis: antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in neutropenic patients

Anat Gafter-Gvili, Abigail Fraser, Mical Paul, Leonard Leibovici

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Abstract

Bacterial infections are a major cause of illness and death in patients who are neutropenic after chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Trials have shown the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in decreasing the incidence of bacterial infections but not in reducing mortality rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	979-95
Number of pages	17
Journal	Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume	142
Issue number	12 Pt 1
Publication status	Published - 2005

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