Evaluation of pulmonary infiltrate in febrile neutropenic patients of hematologic malignancies

Background: Pulmonary infection is the major risk during neutropenia induced by chemotherapy as well as stem cell transplantation. In spite of potent new-generation antifungal and broad-spectrum antibiotics, one-third of patients usually die from infectious complications. Early diagnosis and prompt...

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Main Authors: Chandan K Das, Ajay Gogia, Lalit Kumar, Atul Sharma, Sanjay Thulkar, Immaculata Xess, Karan Madan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2019;volume=40;issue=3;spage=386;epage=390;aulast=Das
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