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The Pattern Of Microorganism On Adult Acute Leukemia Patientsduring Bacterial Surveillance And Febrile Neutropenia At Ciptomangunkusumo Hospital, Lugyanti Sukrisman
The Pattern Of Microorganism On Adult Acute Leukemia Patientsduring Bacterial Surveillance And Febrile Neutropenia At Ciptomangunkusumo Hospital, Lugyanti Sukrisman
Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia
Introduction. The standard intensive chemotherapy in acute leukemia patients will cause severe neutropenia and infection (febrile neutropenia) with high fatality rate. The availability of accurate data on causative pathogens is essential to the appropriate selection of empirical therapy and usually obtained from bacterial surveillance. This study was intended to evaluate bacterial pathogens found on surveillance and during febrile neutropenia in acute leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital and to provide information for antimicrobial policy in the hospital. Methods. A retrospective study from data of bacterial surveillance of acute leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy during 2008-2010 in isolation room for …