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ArticlePediatric reports2011

Antibacterial prophylaxis in neutropenic children with cancer.

Angelica Barone

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Article in Pediatric reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angelica BaronePediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the period of neutropenia induced by chemotherapy, patients have a high risk of infection. The use of antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce neutropenia-related complications in patients with cancer is still disputed. Recent meta-analysis and clinical trials demonstrated that antibiotic prophylaxis with quinolones reduces febrile episodes, bacterial infections and mortality in adult oncological patients with neutropenia induced by chemotherapy in acute leukaemia. In paediatric patients, the only randomized, double-blind, prospective study until now suggests that amoxicillin/clavulanate may represent an effective prophylactic treatment in reducing fever and infections in oncological children with neutropenia, with an efficacy that is statistically demonstrated only in patients with acute leukaemia. Considering the risk of resistances, antibiotic-prophylaxis should be used only in selected patients.

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antibioticcancerfever.neutropeniaprophylaxis

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PMID21647276
PMCPMC3103124
OpenAlexW2045004132

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