Author/Editor		Jazbec, Janez; Anžič, Jožica; Benedik-Dolničar, Majda; Mali, Polonca; Kitanovski, Lidija
Title		Uspešnost izkustvenega antibiotičnega zdravljenja vročinskega stanja pri nevtropeničnih otrocih
Translated title		Empiric antibiotic treatment of febrile neutropenia in children
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 35, št. Suppl 7
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 95-9
Language		slo
Abstract		A retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the effectivenes of empirical antibiotic therapy of febrile neutropenic children treated because of acute lymphoblastic leukemia or non-Hodgkin malignant lymphoma at the hemato-oncology department of Pediatric clinic in Ljubljana. We found 94 episodes of febrile neutropenia in 44 children treated in the period 1990-1995. Monotherapy was started in 67 episodes and needed to be changed in 25 (73 %) cases. A combination of two antibiotics was the starting therapy in 27 cases and failed in 4 (14.8 %) cases. There is a need for a strict diagnostic and therapeutic policy to be developed for each centre in which neutropenic children are treated. Ideally such a policy should be based on their own results.
Descriptors		NEUTROPENIA ANTIBIOTICS CHILD