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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
The authors retrospectively evaluated 63 febrile neutropenic episodes in 33 consecutive patients with leukemia who received empiric azole treatment for refractory or relapsing fever that occurred despite broad-spectrum antibiotics. In 8 patients (24%), hepatosplenic abscesses (HSA) developed. To identify the risk factors for the development of HSA, the authors compared various characteristics of febrile episodes in those with and without HSA. The risk factors included relapsed status of leukemia (P = 0.04) and Candida colonization of surveillance cultures from the throat (P = 0.03) and stool (P = 0.03). However, the duration of neutropenia, gastrointestinal symptoms, types of chemotherapy, and leukemia subtypes were not correlated with the development of HSA. Based on these results, the authors identified the high risk group for the development for HSA as patients with relapsed leukemia with fungal colonization of gastrointestinal tract during neutropenia despite empiric antifungal treatment with azoles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-9629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
308
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
309-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Abscess, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Candidiasis, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Fever, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Fluconazole, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Liver Abscess, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Miconazole, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Neutropenia, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Opportunistic Infections, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7985717-Splenic Diseases
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Risk factors for hepatosplenic abscesses in patients with acute leukemia receiving empiric azole treatment.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article