Abstract
Optimal management of fungemia in neutropenic patients is still controversial. Several reports have already stressed the poor prognosis in invasive candidiasis (80% mortality in several reports). Therefore granulocyte transfusions would appear to be useful in the management of these infections. We report the use of rhG-CSF-primed granulocyte transfusions plus amphotericin B in two neutropenic patients who developed life-threatening systemic fungal infections. This approach was successful and both patients fully recovered from the infection.
Vol. 82 No. 3 (1997): May, 1997 : Case Reports
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Ferrata Storti Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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