Meropenem in the treatment of febrile neutropenic children
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Tartalom: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08880010590935167
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Type = Article
Cím:
Meropenem in the treatment of febrile neutropenic children
Létrehozó:
Müller, Judit
Garami, Miklós
Constantin, Tamás
Schmidt, Marianne
Fekete, György
Kovács, Gábor
Kiadó:
Informa Healthcare
Dátum:
2005
Téma:
RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) / daganatok, tumorok, onkológia
RJ Pediatrics / gyermekgyógyászat
RZ Other systems of medicine / orvostudomány egyéb területei
Tartalmi leírás:
The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of meropenem in immunocompromised children. Between January 1998 and December 2002 in the hemato-oncological units of our hospital meropenem was used in 87 febrile events diagnosed in 55 patients, and 328 bacterial cultures were evaluated. Microorganisms were detected and identified in 64 of the 328 hemocultures; there was a predominance of gram-positive strains (67%). In 49.4% the infection was documented microbiologically. In 16 additional cases the infection was proven clinically and 32.2% of the episodes were considered to be fever of unknown origin. The success rate of the meropenem therapy?excluding the proven fungal or coagulase-negative Staphylococcus infections?was 72.9% and for the whole cohort 49.4%. The results demonstrate that meropenem is effective and well-tolerated when used for the treatment of neutropenic cancer children.
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Azonosító:
Müller, Judit and Garami, Miklós and Constantin, Tamás and Schmidt, Marianne and Fekete, György and Kovács, Gábor (2005) Meropenem in the treatment of febrile neutropenic children. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 22 (4). pp. 277-284. ISSN 0888-0018
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