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Comparison the efficacy of ceftazidime and imipenem in treatment of neutropenic febrile due to chemotherapy in cancer patients

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fotokian fotokian,*, Sharbano Keyhaninian, Fatemeh Ghafari, Neda Khabiri, MohammadMansor Saravi
*Corresponding Author: Email: zfotokian2005@yahoo.com

Koomesh:Vol. 10, issue 4; 245-252
Published online:Jul 24, 2009
Article type:Research Article
Received:Dec 24, 2008
Accepted:Feb 19, 2009
How to Cite:fotokian F, Keyhaninian S, Ghafari F, Khabiri N, Saravi M. Comparison the efficacy of ceftazidime and imipenem in treatment of neutropenic febrile due to chemotherapy in cancer patients. koomesh. 2009;10(4):e152248. doi:

Abstract

Introduction: In cancer patients various infections were developed due to severe neutropenia resulted from chemotherapy. There is controversy between initial monotherapy or multidrug prescription. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of ceftazidime and imipenem in control of fever in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia. Materials ands Methods: 40 patients with cancer, fever and neutropenia (PMN

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© 2009, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

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