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Neutropenia surgery
Introduction
Surgery
Surgery
In patients’ with neutropenic fever, surgical intervention may be necessary depending on the sources of their infections.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Freifeld AG, Bow EJ, Sepkowitz KA, Boeckh MJ, Ito JI, Mullen CA, Raad II, Rolston KV, Young JA, Wingard JR; Infectious Diseases Society of America. (2011). “Clinical practice guideline for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer: 2010 update by the infectious diseases society of america”. Clin Infect Dis. 52 (4): e56–95. PMID 21258094.
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