Consensus on diagnosis and empiric antibiotic therapy of febrile neutropenia.

Pediatr Rep

Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste;

Published: February 2011

Controversial issues on the management of empiric therapy and diagnosis of febrile neutropenia (FN) were faced by a Consensus Group of the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (AIEOP). In this paper we report the suggestions of the consensus process regarding the role of aminoglycosides, glycopeptides and oral antibiotics in empiric therapy of FN, the rules for changing or discontinuing the therapy as well as the timing of the blood cultures.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103125PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e4DOI Listing

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