Neutropenia remains the predominant predisposing factor for infection in most cancer
patients. Bacterial and fungal infections are common in this setting. Not all neutropenic …

Evaluation and management of fever in children with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia
are reviewed here. The types of infections and management of fever in the child with other …

Background The low risk febrile neutropenic patients with Multinational Association for
Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) score of more than 20 are recommended to be treated …

In the last decades, efforts have focused on the stratification of the heterogeneous group of
children with cancer and febrile neutropenia according to their risk for developing an IBI …

Introduction: To determine the etiology of invasive bacterial infection in high risk febrile
neutropenia (HRFN) episodes in children with cancer is essential because of the favorable …

Determination of risk of severe bacterial infection complication in children with cancer is
important to diminish the cost of hospitalization and therapy. In this study, children with …

Background: There is no practice standard regarding antibiotic duration in children with
cancer and unexplained febrile neutropenia (FN). We hypothesized that absolute monocyte …

Para determinar si la prevalencia de portación nasal de Staphylococcus aureus en niños
cáncer es mayor que en la población general pediátrica, donde fluctuaría entre 10 y 40 …

El manejo de los pacientes pediátricos con cáncer y neutropenia febril (NF) requiere de su
clasificación en alto o bajo riesgo de adquirir infecciones bacterianas invasoras (IBI), con el …

Las tasas de supervivencia del cáncer infantil han mejorado considerablemente en las
últimas décadas. Sin embargo, las emergencias relacionadas con la propia enfermedad o …