Infections of febrile neutropenic patients in malignant hematological diseases.

We observed 71 febrile, neutropenic episodes in 25 oncohematological patients after chemotherapy during a 3-years period from 1995 to 1997. Three patients died because of infections (pneumonia with septic shock, gram-negative bacteremia and sepsis, pseudomembranous colitis and diffuse peritonitis) at the period of prolonged, deep neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count < 100/mm3). During the 71 febrile, neutropenic episodes, we observed 24 bacteremia (33.

Successful treatment of chronic disseminated candidiasis with fluconazole and a granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor combination.

We report a case of chronic disseminated candidiasis in a patient with acute non-lymphoid leukaemia. After 12 months of combined therapy with fluconazole and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, lesions in the liver and spleen resolved completely. The patient has given birth to a healthy baby and has been in complete hematological remission for 3 years.

[Risk patients in dentistry].

Authors study the risk diseases in dental practice. They analyze the possible complications and the methods of their prevention in each risk group. They take deal with the importance of antibiotic prophylaxis, the problems of local anaesthesia and the management of patients who suffer from coagulation disturbances.