Review: antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in patients with neutropenia

Comment

Sarah Hart. Evid Based Nurs. 2006 Apr.

. 2006 Apr;9(2):50.

doi: 10.1136/ebn.9.2.50.

No abstract available

Comment on

Meta-analysis: antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in neutropenic patients.
Gafter-Gvili A, Fraser A, Paul M, Leibovici L. Gafter-Gvili A, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Jun 21;142(12 Pt 1):979-95. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-12_part_1-200506210-00008. Ann Intern Med. 2005. PMID: 15968013
Antibiotic prophylaxis for bacterial infections in afebrile neutropenic patients following chemotherapy.
Gafter-Gvili A, Fraser A, Paul M, van de Wetering M, Kremer L, Leibovici L. Gafter-Gvili A, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Oct 19;(4):CD004386. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004386.pub2. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Jan 18;1:CD004386. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004386.pub3. PMID: 16235360 Updated.