2002 Guidelines for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer

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Authors

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

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

Topics & Keywords

Neutropenia and Cancer Infections Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 34, Issue 6, pp. 730-751

DOI: 10.1086/339215

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