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The Relationship Between Antibiotic Agent and Mortality in Patients With Febrile Neutropenia due to Staphylococcal Bloodstream Infection: A Multicenter Cohort Study.

Muneerah M AleissaIsabel H Gonzalez-BoccoSara Zekery-SaadDavid W KubiakEric M ZhangJessie SignorelliSarah P HammondAmir M MoharebMarlise R LuskinJennifer Manne-GoehlerFrancisco M Marty
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)
Use of combination beta-lactam therapy in patients with MSSA BSI and febrile neutropenia is associated with a higher mortality compared with treatment with broad-spectrum beta-lactam after adjusting for potential confounders. Patients in this study who transitioned to narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics did not have worse clinical outcomes compared with those who continued broad-spectrum beta-lactam therapy.
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