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Study Groups: If you are found to be eligible to take part of this study, and you are 1 of the first 60 participants to be enrolled, you will be randomly assigned (as in the flip of a coin) to 1 of 2 groups: - If you are in Group 1, you will receive the standard of care drugs that are used to

Study Procedures: During each white blood cell transfusion, you will receive white blood cells from a volunteer donor through a needle in your vein. Each transfusion will take anywhere from 1 hour to several hours, depending on how you tolerate the treatment. You will receive a transfusion

This pilot study aims to evaluate the value of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in assessing the distribution of activated lymphocytes in SLE patients. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), often defined as the prototypical autoimmune disease, is a chronic occasionally life threatening, multisystem

OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the efficacy of piperacillin and tazobactam with or without vancomycin in reducing fever in patients with hematological malignancies and persistent febrile granulocytopenia. OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double blind, multicenter study. Patients receive

The optimal duration of the empirical antimicrobial therapy (AT) in hematological patients with febrile neutropenia (FN) is unknown. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recommends maintaining AT at least until the neutropenia is recovered, because literally "years of experience have

Vaccines have had monumental impact in reducing the mortality and morbidity of infectious disease. However, the underlying immune mechanisms that contribute to their effectiveness are incompletely understood. Transcriptomics (methods that measure the activity of thousands of genes) studies have

The treatment cycle begins with 6 hours of intravenous (IV) hydration followed by an infusion of the anti-cancer drug, Cisplatin. In addition, at the beginning of this treatment, you will begin low-dose Interferon-alpha injections for the entire duration of your participation in this study. The

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is a minimally invasive treatment commonly used for renal calculi. However, the prevalence of postoperative fever is reported to be 16.7%-35%, even with appropriate prophylactic antibiotic therapy and a sterile urine culture. The most probable causes are urinary

Once a patient has been accepted for this study, the patient will need to have a Central Venous line (CV line or port) if they do not already have one. (this may be placed by the patient's own doctor, or it can be done here). The treatment cycle begins with a continuous 24-hour intravenous infusion

The treatment cycle begins with 6 hours of intravenous (IV) hydration followed by an infusion of the anti-cancer drug, Cisplatin. In addition, at the beginning of this treatment, you will begin low-dose Interferon-alpha that will continue for the entire duration of your participation in this study.

Thousands of people each year are hospitalized for neutropenia, which continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality for those affected. Neutropenia is primarily caused by chemotherapy and various other cancer treatments, such as radiation therapy, biotherapy, and HSC transplantation. Signs

Main objective: To investigate the safety of omitting antibiotic prophylaxis in TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) and TURB (transurethral bladder tumour resection) in patients without a pre-operative catheter or > 100 WBC in the pre-operative urinary sample (TURP) or clinical signs of