Empiric therapy with carbenicillin and gentamicin for febrile patients with cancer and granulocytopenia

N Engl J Med. 1971 May 13;284(19):1061-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197105132841904.
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MeSH terms

  • Agranulocytosis / complications*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Carbenicillin / administration & dosage
  • Carbenicillin / blood
  • Carbenicillin / pharmacology
  • Carbenicillin / toxicity
  • Drug Synergism
  • Fever / complications
  • Gentamicins / administration & dosage*
  • Gentamicins / blood
  • Gentamicins / pharmacology
  • Gentamicins / toxicity
  • Humans
  • Infections / drug therapy*
  • Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
  • Leukemia / complications
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Neoplasms / complications*
  • Penicillins / administration & dosage*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Sepsis / drug therapy

Substances

  • Gentamicins
  • Penicillins
  • Carbenicillin