Diagnostics and therapy of paediatric patients with febrile neutropenia

Febrile neutropenia is a common infectious complication in children and adolescents receiving chemotherapy for cancer, requiring immediate hospitalisation and empirical antibacterial therapy. The risk for a severe infection increases with lower neutrophil counts, but other factors such as underlying...

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Main Authors: Christa Koenig, Thomas Lehrnbecher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:EJC Paediatric Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772610X23001149