[Isolation and intestinal sterilization in prevention of infection in patients with malignant diseases (author's transl)].

Results obtained by isolation and intestinal sterilization in prevention of infections in 42 patients with malignant diseases are shown. A substantial decrease of infection is observed, as compared with a control group of 33 patients with similar disease, treated in normal hospital conditions. The problem of intestinal sterilization is discussed and literature on this subject revised.