title: Discontinuation of empirical antibiotic therapy in neutropenic leukaemia patients with fever of unknown origin is ethical.
authors: Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois), Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: christina.orasch@hirslanden.ch.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Orasch
authors: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Averbuch
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Genova (DISSAL), IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Mikulska
authors: APHP-Henri Mondor Hospital, Hematology Department and Université Paris Est-Créteil, Paris, France.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Cordonnier
authors: Norwich Medical School, University of East Angila, Norwich, United Kingdom.
authors: D M
authors: DM
authors: Livermore
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
authors: I C
authors: IC
authors: Gyssens
authors: National Research Center for Hematology, Moscow, Russia.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Klyasova
authors: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Engelhard
authors: Center for Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Kern
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Genova (DISSAL), IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Viscoli
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Akova
authors: Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois), Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Marchetti
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents