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Letter to the Editor

Fluoroquinolone prophylaxis reduces febrile neutropenia, bloodstream infections from mucosal translocations, and intensive care admissions in high risk hematological patients, a single center experience

Shimin Jasmine Chunga Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; ;b Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; Correspondence[email protected]
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Rachel Ann Millera Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; View further author information
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Nitipong Permpalunga Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-7342View further author information
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Arthur Wakefield Bakera Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; View further author information
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Louis Frederic Diehlc Division of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
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David Alan Rizzieric Division of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
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Barbara Dudley Alexandera Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5868-0529View further author information
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Pages 488-492 | Received 06 Jan 2018, Accepted 05 Jun 2018, Published online: 21 Aug 2018
 
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Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Ms. Erica Lobaugh-Jin and Dr. Sarah Lewis for their help with the infection control data required for this project.

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Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the full text of this article online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2018.1488252.

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Funding

The work was performed as part of a quality improvement initiative and was not funded.

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