Hi Wassi,
What is your fathers white blood cell count
? Perhaps he needs Neupogen or a similar drug?
When a MDS patient with very low white blood cell count has high fever he/she should be treated with broad spectrum antibiotics even if they not have managed to find the infection focus.
"Empirical administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics is necessary for febrile neutropenic patients because the currently available diagnostic tests are not sufficiently rapid, sensitive. or specific for identifying or excluding the microbial cause of a febrile episode."
http://www.ccspublishing.com/journal...enic_Fever.htm
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
69 yo, dx MDS-Interm-1 May 2006, neutropenic fever treated with Tazocin Aug 2007, since then Neupogen 2 injections/week with good result
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