From the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Guidelines for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with unexplained fever.

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Published in J Infect Dis on March 01, 1990

Authors

W T Hughes1, D Armstrong, G P Bodey, R Feld, G L Mandell, J D Meyers, P A Pizzo, S C Schimpff, J L Shenep, J C Wade

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1: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38101.

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