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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

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