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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-12-01
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Series: | EJC Paediatric Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772610X23001149 |