Efficacy of Tigecycline as Salvage Therapy in Multidrug-Resistant Febrile Neutropenia in Patients with Acute Leukemia-A Single Center Analysis

• Main Authors: Franziska Modemann (Author), Steffen Härterich (Author), Julian Schulze zur Wiesch (Author), Holger Rohde (Author), Nick Benjamin Lindeman (Author), Carsten Bokemeyer (Author), Walter Fiedler (Author), Susanne Ghandili (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Severe infectious complications remain the main cause of mortality in leukemia patients due to a long period of profound neutropenia. Standardized regimens for antimicrobial, antifungal, and antiviral prophylaxis and therapy in neutropenic patients have improved infection-associated mortality. Never...