Turkish Journal of Hematology Volume: 33 - Issue: 4
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Çalık Başaran N, et al: Infection Episodes in Cancer Patients<br />
Turk J Hematol 2016;<strong>33</strong>:311-319<br />
Fluconazole as antifungal prophylaxis was given in 63 (7.7%)<br />
episodes as a part <strong>of</strong> the stem cell transplantation regimen.<br />
Corticosteroids were used in 215 (26.4%) <strong>of</strong> the admission<br />
episodes. Radiation therapy was performed in 5.1% (42) <strong>of</strong><br />
hospitalization episodes. Unfortunately, we had no data about<br />
granulocyte colony-stimulating factor use in this study.<br />
Nonneutropenic episodes constituted 71.4% <strong>of</strong> all the<br />
hospitalization episodes and in 77.3% <strong>of</strong> these cases an<br />
immunosuppressive treatment, including corticosteroids, was<br />
used. As expected, there was an immunosuppressive treatment<br />
in 94% <strong>of</strong> neutropenic episodes (p