Abstract:
:In febrile neutropenic patients, prompt empiric antimicrobial intervention is mandatory. Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of broad-spectrum beta-lactams active against Gram-negative aerobes as well as against streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus in this setting. With this interventional strategy, a reduction of infection-related mortality to < or = 10% of patients undergoing intensive remission induction or consolidation chemotherapy could be obtained. Thereby, subgroups of patients have been identified who require an empiric modification of antimicrobial treatment, e.g., patients with catheter-related infections, with pulmonary infiltrates, or with unexplained fever (FUO) not responding to first-line antibacterials. In two consecutive, prospectively randomized trials conducted by the German Paul Ehrlich Society it could be shown that empiric antifungal therapy is beneficial for second-line treatment in patients with persistent FUO and improves first-line treatment results in patients with lung infiltrates. The addition of glycopeptides, however, should be restricted to patients with catheter-related infections due to coagulase-negative staphylococci or with infections due to multiresistant Gram-positive pathogens.
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Diagn Microbiol Infect Disjournal_title
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious diseaseauthors
Maschmeyer Gdoi
10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00024-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-07-01 00:00:00pages
205-12issue
3eissn
0732-8893issn
1879-0070pii
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34pub_type
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