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. 2007 Apr 1;44(7):964-7.
doi: 10.1086/512374. Epub 2007 Feb 14.

Neuraminidase inhibitors improve outcome of patients with leukemia and influenza: an observational study

Roy F Chemaly  1 , Harrys A Torres, Elizabeth A Aguilera, Gloria Mattiuzzi, Maria Cabanillas, Hagop Kantarjian, Virginia Gonzalez, Amar Safdar, Issam I Raad
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Neuraminidase inhibitors improve outcome of patients with leukemia and influenza: an observational study

Roy F Chemaly et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We reviewed the records of 33 patients with leukemia who experienced influenza during the period from October 2000 to March 2004. Three (38%) of the 8 patients who did not receive neuraminidase inhibitor therapy and none of the 25 patients who received it died of influenza pneumonia (P=.001). The use of neuraminidase inhibitor therapy seems to improve the outcome of influenza in patients with leukemia.

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