Saba Ghaffary, Aref Javidnia, Samineh Beheshtirouy, Javid Sadeghi, Aliakbar Movassaghpour Akbari, Hamed Hamishehkar, Parvin Sarbakhsh, Zohreh Sanaat, Alireza Nikanfar, Ali Esfahani, Seyed Hadi Chavoshi, Babak Nejati, Mortaza Raeisi, Nasrin Gholami
PURPOSE: Neutropenic fever remains a major complication in acute leukemia. Decolonization is assumed as a promising intervention for eradicating causative agents of infection. METHODS: In this randomized clinical trial, 96 patients with acute leukemia were assigned randomly to mupirocin nasal drop 2% (n = 32), chlorhexidine mouthwash 0.2% (n = 33), and control group (n = 31). In control group, patients did not receive any medication for decolonization...
December 19, 2023: Supportive Care in Cancer