EARLY DISCONTINUATION OF ANTIBIOTICS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH LOW- AND HIGH-RISK FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA: A SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE.
BACKGROUND Maintaining broad-spectrum antibiotics until resolution of fever and recovery of absolute neutrophil count (ANC) has traditionally been the standard approach for pediatric patients with cancer and for hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients who present with febrile neutropenia (FN). Recent...