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Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients: 2017 Update.

  • Lehrnbecher T Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Robinson P Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Fisher B Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Alexander S Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Ammann RA Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Beauchemin M Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Carlesse F Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Groll AH Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Haeusler GM Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Santolaya M Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Steinbach WJ Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Castagnola E Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Davis BL Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Dupuis LL Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Gaur AH Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Tissing WJE Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Zaoutis T Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Phillips R Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • Sung L Thomas Lehrnbecher, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt; Andreas H. Groll, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany; Paula Robinson, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario; Sarah Alexander, L. Lee Dupuis, and Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brian Fisher and Theo Zaoutis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Roland A. Ammann, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Melissa Beauchemin, Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center, New York, NY; Fabianne Carlesse, Pediatric Oncology Institute, GRAACC/Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Maria Santolaya, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; William J. Steinbach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Elio Castagnola, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Bonnie L. Davis, High Tor Limited, Nassau, Bahamas; Aditya H. Gaur, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Wim J.E. Tissing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Robert Phillips, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds; University of York, York, United Kingdom.
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  • 2017-05-02
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  • Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. - 2017
English Purpose To update a clinical practice guideline (CPG) for the empirical management of fever and neutropenia (FN) in children with cancer and hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients. Methods The International Pediatric Fever and Neutropenia Guideline Panel is a multidisciplinary and multinational group of experts in pediatric oncology and infectious diseases that includes a patient advocate. For questions of risk stratification and evaluation, we updated systematic reviews of observational studies. For questions of therapy, we conducted a systematic review of randomized trials of any intervention applied for the empirical management of pediatric FN. The Grading of Recommendation Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach was used to make strong or weak recommendations and to classify levels of evidence as high, moderate, low, or very low. Results Recommendations related to initial presentation, ongoing management, and empirical antifungal therapy of pediatric FN were reviewed; the most substantial changes were related to empirical antifungal therapy. Key differences from our 2012 FN CPG included the listing of a fourth-generation cephalosporin for empirical therapy in high-risk FN, refinement of risk stratification to define patients with high-risk invasive fungal disease (IFD), changes in recommended biomarkers and radiologic investigations for the evaluation of IFD in prolonged FN, and a weak recommendation to withhold empirical antifungal therapy in IFD low-risk patients with prolonged FN. Conclusion Changes to the updated FN CPG recommendations will likely influence the care of pediatric patients with cancer and those undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Future work should focus on closing research gaps and on identifying ways to facilitate implementation and adaptation.
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