Infectious events in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma undergoing evaluation for fever without severe neutropenia.
Pratik A PatelNicholas P DeGrooteKasey JacksonThomas CashSharon M CastellinoPreeti JaggiAdam J EsbenshadeTamara P MillerPublished in: Cancer (2022)
The BSI rate in pediatric patients with ALL/LLy and fever without severe neutropenia is low, but one-third of the time, patients have a non-BSI. Future research should test if the need for empiric antibiotics can be tailored based on the associations identified in this study.
Keyphrases
- acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- early onset
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- diffuse large b cell lymphoma
- allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- current status
- drug induced
- smoking cessation
- chemotherapy induced
- acute myeloid leukemia