Discontinuation of empirical antibiotic therapy in neutropenic leukaemia patients with fever of unknown origin is ethical.
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Orasch C, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Mar;21(3):e25-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.10.014. Epub 2014 Dec 18.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015.
PMID: 25658572
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