Guideline for the management of fever and neutropenia in children with cancer and/or undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on September 17, 2012

Authors

Thomas Lehrnbecher1, Robert Phillips, Sarah Alexander, Frank Alvaro, Fabianne Carlesse, Brian Fisher, Hana Hakim, Maria Santolaya, Elio Castagnola, Bonnie L Davis, L Lee Dupuis, Faith Gibson, Andreas H Groll, Aditya Gaur, Ajay Gupta, Rejin Kebudi, Sérgio Petrilli, William J Steinbach, Milena Villarroel, Theoklis Zaoutis, Lillian Sung, International Pediatric Fever and Neutropenia Guideline Panel

Author Affiliations

1: Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

Associated clinical trials:

Safety and Efficacy of Ambulatory Versus In-hospital Antibiotic Treatment in Children With Febrile Neutropenia | NCT04000711

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