glucan/fever

一) Adult patients with hematology disease under allo-HSCT at any phase of treatment are enrolled according to the following criteria: 1. lung infiltration detection at computed tomography (CT) scan. 2. Patients with fever, cough, respiratory symptoms. According to the investigators, the patients

Study design: This will be a randomized, fully-blind, placebo-controlled trial, with allocation 1:1. Study population: Children aged 13- 120 months, hospitalized or requiring a visit to the emergency department due to acute gastroenteritis (AGE) lasting at least 24 h, but no longer than 72 h at the

Entry criteria are: In the ICU for >2 days AND systemic antibiotics >2 days OR central venous catheter for >days AND at least two of the following: total parenteral nutrition, dialysis, surgery, pancreatitis, receipt of corticosteroids, receipt of other immunosuppressive agents. In addition,

OBJECTIVES: Primary - To compare empirical approach (i.e., fever driven) versus preemptive approach (i.e., diagnostic driven), for starting antifungal therapy with caspofungin acetate, in patients with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome who are starting chemotherapy (for attaining

Neutropenia is a major risk factor for invasive fungal infections, particularly those caused by moulds, such as Aspergillus spp., Fusarium spp. and the Zygomycetes. Among neutropenic patients, these invasive mould infections (IMI) occur almost exclusively in patients with profound neutropenia (<100

Objectives This retrospective cohort analysis of converting from caspofungin to micafungin as empiric antifungal therapy for cancer patients who are persistently febrile and neutropenic after receiving broad spectrum antibiotics at Brigham & Women's Hospital / Dana Farber Cancer Institute (BWH/DFCI)

In severe cases, burn patients commonly exhibit a clinical picture of systemic inflammation with a variety of manifestations ranging from the presence of tachycardia, tachypnea, fever and leukocytosis, and may progress to refractory hypotension. Shock and multiple organ system dysfunction may