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To the Editor: In the July 29 issue, Kern et al.¹ and Freifeld et al.² reach similar conclusions about the efficacy of oral as compared with intravenous antibiotic therapy for febrile patients with neutropenia due to cancer chemotherapy who have a low risk of complications. It is a common mistake to assume that the absence of a statistical difference between two treatments means that they are equivalent. This criticism is of particular importance in a study involving a relatively small patient population, with a low failure rate in each group.

In the study by Kern et al., the end point . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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