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Micafungin, a Novel Antifungal Agent, as Empirical Therapy in Acute Leukemia Patients with Febrile Neutropenia

Masamitsu Yanada, Hitoshi Kiyoi, Makoto Murata, Momoko Suzuki, Masanori Iwai, Toshiya Yokozawa, Hisashi Baba, Nobuhiko Emi, Tomoki Naoe

Internal Medicine · 2006 · 39 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Although the studied patients were limited in number, our results indicate that MCFG is an encouraging agent for empirical antifungal therapy in patients with febrile neutropenia, and deserves further investigation in large-scale studies.

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