Acute leukemias are a group of aggressive malignant diseases associated with a high
degree of morbidity and mortality. An important cause of both the latter is infectious …

Patients with cancer are increasingly vulnerable to infections, which may be more severe
than in the general population. Improvements in rapid and timely diagnosis to optimize …

Introduction Immunocompromised host pneumonia (ICHP) is an important cause of
morbidity and mortality, yet usual care (UC) diagnostic tests often fail to identify an infectious …

Background: Radiotherapy is a common treatment for head-and-neck malignancies and
causes complications such as oral candidiasis and the change of oral Candida species from …

Background: Bloodstream infections are serious complications in neutropenic cancer
patients. There has been a universal pickup in multidrug resistant (MDR) strains. For …

Febrile neutropenia is a medical emergency that complicates the clinical course and
treatment of haematological malignancies, significantly enhancing the financial burden and …

Introduction High-risk febrile neutropenia (FN) is one of the main causes of morbidity and
mortality in onco-hematology. The initiation of empirical antibiotic therapy is an emergency …

Background and purpose: This study aimed to compare the efficacy and toxicity of
perioperative chemotherapy regimens including epirubicin, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil (ECF) …

BACKGROUND: Febrile neutropenia occurs in more than 80% of patients with
hematological malignances specially after chemotherapy cycles and an infectious source is …

Hematolojik malignite hastalarında gelişen nötropenik ateş, hastanede yatış gerektiren ve
ölümle sonuçlanabilen en sık komplikasyondur. Nedeni açıklanana kadar enfeksiyona bağlı …