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Treatment of fever and neutropenia with antibiotics versus antibiotics plus intravenous gammaglobuli
Eur J Pediatr. 1989 Feb;148(5):401-2.

Treatment of fever and neutropenia with antibiotics versus antibiotics plus intravenous gammaglobulin in childhood leukemia.

Sumer T, Abumelha A, al-Mulhim I, al-Fadil M.

Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.

Thirty-three children with leukemia who had neutropenia and fever were randomized to receive cefataxim and amikacin, versus the same antibiotics plus intravenous gammaglobulin (i.v. IgG). Duration of neutropenia, hospitalization and the interruption of chemotherapy were not different in the two groups; however, duration of fever was significantly shorter in the i.v. IgG group.

Publication Types:
  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

PMID: 2493376 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]