For leukemia patients given sterile meal on the prevention of infection and did not help

Leukemia patients after chemotherapy, the total number of white blood cells are often reduced to the following 1000, the resistance of bacteria in neutral almost all do not see the ball, time is likely to remain as long as two weeks to a month, this period of time can easily cause bacteria or fungal infections, there are generally given sterile meal, of course, is not sterile meal taste good, but in order to prevent from the gastrointestinal tract caused by infection, so patients can expect patience. 

Recently, the United States Medical Center in Seattle, WA Dr. Estey made on whether sterile meal can help leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy to reduce the infection studies. He will be 153 acute myelogenous leukemia or high-risk group of patients with bone marrow insufficiency by chemical treatment, these patients will be placed on sterile indoor and randomly divided into two groups, a group of raw fruits and vegetables to give the other group is give cooked, disinfection before, but also with anti-bacterial, fungal infection of antibiotics as prevention, these two sets of age, chemical treatment of the conditions are the same found that uncooked fruits and vegetables in this group, 29% of the patients was suffering from infection, students in this group there are 35%, the difference between these two groups did not statistically significant; As for symptoms of fever caused by the former is 51 percent, which is 36 percent, instead of eating raw fruits and vegetables fever relatively small, but these two groups for the therapeutic effect of reaction is 56 percent, respectively, with 61 percent, there is no different. 

Although the study pointed out to eat, whether raw or cooked food have nothing, but in general leukemia after chemotherapy, even if very low white blood cell or non-use of anti-fungal, antibiotics to prevent, because so far there is no strong evidence that the use of these drugs can reduce the incidence of infection, the patient does not have to live in sterile rooms, clean wards can, so in this case, as far as possible to allow patients to eat meals disinfection, because high doses of chemicals can easily cause oral with the gastrointestinal mucosa is damaged, bacteria easily by the gastrointestinal tract into the blood caused by systemic infection, so eat meals with sterile anti-bacterial, fungal drugs should be able to reduce the incidence of infection.