Pediatric fever in neutropenia with bacteremia-Pathogen distribution and in vitro antibiotic susceptibility patterns over time in a retrospective single-center cohort study.
BackgroundFever in neutropenia (FN) is a potentially life-threatening complication of chemotherapy in pediatric cancer patients.The current standard of care at most institutions is emergency hospitalization and empirical initiation of broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy.MethodsWe analyzed in retrospect FN episodes with bacteremia in pediatric cancer