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Introduction: Infections are among the most frequent complications in patients with
hematological and oncological diseases. They might be classified as fever of unknown …

Despite chemotherapy-induced intestinal mucositis being a main risk factor for blood stream
infections (BSIs), no studies have investigated mucositis severity to predict BSI at fever onset …

Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) is a common toxicity caused by the
administration of anticancer drugs. This side effect is associated with life-threatening …

Background Guidelines recommend primary prophylaxis (PP) with granulocyte-colony-
stimulating factors (G-CSF) for patients above a febrile neutropenia (FN) risk threshold of …

Numerous treatments are available for relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (MM),
with safety profiles varying across drug classes and across agents within the same class …

Many cancer patients do not develop a durable response to the current standard-of-care
immunotherapies, despite substantial advances in targeting immune inhibitory receptors. A …

The association between fever and neutropenia and the risk for life-threatening infections in
patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy has been known for 50 years. Indeed, infectious …

Results: Five randomized controlled trials with a total of 388 patients were included in the
final analysis. Patients mostly had acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic …

Fluoroquinolone prophylaxis's (FQ-P) usefulness in patients with neutropenia is
controversial. In recent decades, Italian epidemiological data has shown worrisome rates of …