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In children and teenagers/young adults who have completed chemotherapy and no longer have a central venous access device, is there evidence to support urgent hospital assessment and empirical antibiotics for fever, or can they be managed according to the same clinical criteria as the general population?
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Abstract
Evidence supports urgent hospital assessment and empirical antibiotic therapy for children and adolescents with fever post-chemotherapy, even if they lack neutropenia or a central venous line, given the risk of severe bacterial infections.
Keywords
- Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
- childhood cancer survivors
- adolescents and young adults
- central venous access devices