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Defining Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised Patients with Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants: An International Consensus by Ascioglu, S., Rex, J. H., de Pauw, B., Bennett, J. E., Bille, J., Crokaert, F., Denning, D. W., Donnelly, J. P., Edwards, J. E., Erjavec, Z., Fiere, D., Lortholary, O., Maertens, J., Meis, J. F., Patterson, T. F., Ritter, J., Selleslag, D., Shah, P. M., Stevens, D. A., Walsh, T. J.

“…During the past several decades, there has been a steady increase in the frequency of opportunistic invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in immunocompromised…”
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Vancomycin versus Placebo for Treating Persistent Fever in Patients with Neutropenic Cancer Receiving Piperacillin-Tazobactam Monotherapy by Cometta, A., Kern, W. V., De Bock, R., Paesmans, M., Vandenbergh, M., Crokaert, F., Engelhard, D., Marchetti, O., Akan, H., Skoutelis, A., Korten, V., Vandercam, M., Gaya, H., Padmos, A., Klastersky, J., Zinner, S., Glauser, M. P., Calandra, T., Viscoli, C.

“…This prospective, double-blind trial assessed whether the addition of a glycopeptide would be able to reduce the time to defervescence in neutropenic patients…”
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Febrile neutropenia in children by Crokaert, F.

“…Fever is frequent in neutropenic patients and often related to infection. Two major concepts, have contributed to the marked mortality decrease of those…”
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Pharmacodynamics, a tool for a better use of antibiotics? by Crokaert, F

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Monotherapy with meropenem versus combination therapy with ceftazidime plus amikacin as empiric therapy for fever in granulocytopenic patients with cancer by COMETTA, A, CALANDRA, T, LANGENAEKEN, J, MICOZZI, A, PADMOS, A, PAESMANS, M, VISCOLI, C, GLAUSER, M. P, GAYA, H, ZINNER, S. H, DE BOCK, R, DEL FAVERO, A, BUCANEVE, G, CROKAERT, F, KERN, W. V, KLASTERSKY, J

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Piperacillin–tazobactam monotherapy in high-risk febrile and neutropenic cancer patients by Viscoli, C., Cometta, A., Kern, W.V., de Bock, R., Paesmans, M., Crokaert, F., Glauser, M.P., Calandra, T.

“…Combination therapy with a β-lactam plus an aminoglycoside has been the standard approach for treating febrile neutropenia for many years. More recently,…”
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PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF CORIS INFLU-A&B RESPI-STRIP AND OF BINAXNOW INFLUENZA A&B ASSAY AGAINST VIRAL CULTURE AND REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF 2009 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA A/H1N1V IN BELGIAN PATIENTS by Reynders, M, De Foor, M, Maaroufi, Y, Thomas, I, Vergison, A, Debulpaep, S, Vandenberg, O, Crokaert, F

“…Purpose - Evaluation of the performance of two rapid (15') antigen detection tests (RAT), BinaxNOW Influenza A&B and Coris Influ-A&B Respi-Strip for the…”
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Vibrio cholerae bacteremia in a neutropenic patient with non-small-cell lung carcinoma by BERGHMANS, T, CROKAERT, F, SCULIER, J. P

“…Vibrio cholerae was isolated from the blood cultures of a neutropenic patient treated with chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer. Attempts to isolate…”
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Evaluation of the E test for quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori by Glupczynski, Y, Labbé, M, Hansen, W, Crokaert, F, Yourassowsky, E

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Disseminated infection due to Cylindrocarpon (Fusarium) lichenicola in a neutropenic patient with acute leukaemia: Report of a case and review of the literature by RODRIGUEZ-VILLALOBOS, H, GEORGALA, A, BEGUIN, H, HEYMANS, C, PYE, G, CROKAERT, F, AOUN, M

“…Described here is an unusual case of disseminated Cylindrocarpon lichenicola (Fusarium lichenicola) infection originating from a toenail lesion of a…”
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An illustrated case of altered cellular immunity after autologous stem cell transplantation by Hites, M, Deweweire, A, Crokaert, F, Kornreich, A, Kentos, A

“…We report an unusual association of T-cell lymphoma, autologous stem cell transplantation and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy…”
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Microbiology of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Children With Acute Nonresponding or Recurrent Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Identification of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae as a Major Pathogen by De Schutter, Iris, De Wachter, Elke, Crokaert, Françoise, Verhaegen, Jan, Soetens, Oriane, Piérard, Denis, Malfroot, Anne

“…Background. Precise etiologic diagnosis in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains challenging. Methods. We conducted a retrospective study of CAP…”
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Imipenem versus targeted therapy in cancer patients by Aoun, M., Crokaert, F., Paesmans, M., Autier, P., Klastersky, J.

“…In many instances, broad-spectrum antibiotics are initiated empirically in febrile cancer patients and continued for the whole duration of therapy. An…”
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OUTPATIENT AND HOME PARENTERAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY (OHPAT) IN LOW-RISK FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA: CONSENSUS STATEMENT OF A BELGIAN PANEL by Beguin, Y., Benoit, Y., Crokaert, F., Selleslag, D., Vandercam, B.

“…Febrile neutropenia requires adequate antibiotic treatment. A subgroup of patients are only at low risk for complications and could be treated at home/as…”
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Cross reaction between a pan-Candida genus probe and Fusarium spp. in a fatal case of Fusarium oxysporum pneumonia by RODRIGUEZ-VILLALOBOS, H, AOUN, M, HEYMANS, C, DE BRUYNE, J. M, DUCHATEAU, V, VERDEBOUT, J. M, CROKAERT, F

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Epidemiology of infections in the adult medical intensive care unit of a cancer hospital by BERGHMANS, T, CROKAERT, F, MARKIEWICZ, E, SCULIER, J. P

“…A prospective collection of positive antimicrobial cultures was performed over 12 consecutive months in the medical intensive care unit of a cancer hospital…”
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Clinical evaluation of teicoplanin for therapy of severe infections caused by gram-positive bacteria by GLUPCZYNSKI, Y, LAGAST, H, VAN DER AUWERA, P, THYS, J. P, CROKAERT, F, YOURASSOWSKY, E, MEUNIER-CARPENTIER, F, KAINS, J. P, SERRUYS-SCHOUTENS, E, LEGRAND, J. C

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In vitro activity of trovafloxacin (CP-99,219), sparfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and fleroxacin against respiratory pathogens by Crokaert, F, Aoun, M, Duchateau, V, Grenier, P, Vandermies, A, Klastersky, J

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Comparative kill and growth rates determined with cefdinir and cefaclor and with Streptococcus pneumoniae and beta-lactamase-producing Haemophilus influenzae by Yourassowsky, E, Van der Linden, M P, Crokaert, F

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Intravenous and oral Itraconazole versus Intravenous Amphotericin B deoxycholate as empirical antifungal therapy for persistent fever in neutropenic patients with cancer who are receiving broad-spectrum antibacterial therapy : A randomized, controlled trial by BOOGAERTS, Marc, WINSTON, Drew J, BOW, Eric J, GARBER, Gary, REBOLI, Annette C, SCHWARER, Anthony P, NOVITZKY, Nicolas, BOEHME, Angelika, CHWETZOFF, Elisabeth, DE BEULE, Karel

“…Amphotericin B deoxycholate is currently the standard empirical antifungal therapy in neutropenic patients with cancer who have persistent fever that does not…”
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