A pilot study of outpatient management of febrile neutropenic children with cancer at low risk of bacteremia

M. M. Mustafa; V. M. Aquino; A. Pappo; I. Tkaczewski; G. R. Buchanan

doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(96)70339-6

A pilot study of outpatient management of febrile neutropenic children with cancer at low risk of bacteremia

M. M. Mustafa, V. M. Aquino, A. Pappo, I. Tkaczewski, G. R. Buchanan

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Febrile neutropenic children with cancer were eligible for outpatient management with intravenous ceftriaxone therapy if they displayed selected low-risk criteria. Nineteen children were enrolled. All patients had sterile blood cultures, and only one of them was hospitalized because of persistent fever. This pilot study suggests that selected children with febrile neutropenia might be successfully managed without hospitalization.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	847-849
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	128
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3476(96)70339-6
State	Published - 1996

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A pilot study of outpatient management of febrile neutropenic children with cancer at low risk of bacteremia

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