Abstract
Treatment of episodes of fever and neutropenia in pediatric hematology-oncology patients includes hospitalization and administration of intravenous antibiotics until the patient is afebrile and no longer neutropenic. The present analysis characterizes retrospectively febrile episodes in neutropenic pediatric hematology-oncology patients with regard to frequency of documented infections, organisms associated with these infections, efficacy of a standardized antibiotic regimen, and safety of early antibiotic discontinuation under defined conditions. A total of 149 pediatric febrile neutropenic episodes were identified during a 4-year period between 1990 and 1994. These occurred in 47 male and 19 female patients, of a mean age of 7.6 years (range 0.5-15). The most frequent diagnoses were leukemia (41% of patients), lymphoma (21%), rhabdomyosarcoma (7%), soft tissue sarcoma (5%), Ewing's sarcoma (5%), and osteosarcoma (4%). Infection was certain in 36% of febrile episodes, probable in 14%, and not determined in 50%. Patients with severe neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count < 100) had a slightly, although not significantly higher incidence of documented and probable infection (57%). Patients with solid tumor had documented infecti...Continue Reading
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