Strategies for prevention of infection in short-duration neutropenia.
Although infection continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neutropenic patients, newer strategies have resulted in a shorter duration of neutropenia. The prime risk to patients with short-duration neutropenia (defined as neutropenia of less than 14 days) is bacterial infection, which is reduced by the administration of prophylactic antibiotics, and possibly by the use of clean food, sterile water, and protection against transmission of organisms from healthcare workers' hands.
St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001207:Asepsis; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D010356:Patient Isolation