Blood cultures for persistent fever in neutropenic pediatric patients are of low diagnostic yield

Kari Neemann; Alexandra B. Yonts; Fang Qiu; Kari A Simonsen; Stefanie Lowas; Alison Gail Freifeld

doi:10.1093/jpids/piu145

Blood cultures for persistent fever in neutropenic pediatric patients are of low diagnostic yield

Kari Neemann, Alexandra B. Yonts, Fang Qiu, Kari A Simonsen, Stefanie Lowas, Alison Gail Freifeld

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Abstract

The incidence of bacteremia at the onset of pediatric febrile neutropenia (FN) at 2 academically linked institutions was 9.84%, and subsequent blood cultures performed for children with persistent FN yielded an incidence of 4.21%. Until the risk factors for new-onset bacteremia in patients being treated for FN can be identified and diagnostic methods can be improved, compliance with national guidelines is recommended.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	piu145
Pages (from-to)	219-221
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piu145
State	Published - Jun 10 2016

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Blood culture
Febrile neutropenia
Pediatric

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