Patients/populationInterventionComparisonOutcomes
Patients with neutropenic sepsis on intravenous antibioticsSwitch to oral antibiotics
(intervention subgrouped by time)
Ciprofloxacin
Levofloxacin
Augmentin (Co-amoxiclav)
Amoxycillin		Remain on intravenous antibiotics
  • Overtreatment
  • Death/critical care
  • Length of stay
  • Duration of fever
  • Quality of life

From: Subsequent Treatment: guideline chapter seven

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NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 151.
National Collaborating Centre for Cancer (UK).
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