Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Xess I

Publications

• Case Report
  To Determine the Role of Procalcitonin in Febrile Neutropenic Episodes of Children Undergoing Treatment for Childhood Cancers
  Author(s): Purkayastha K, Seth R, Amitabh S, Xess I, Kapil A and Sreenivas VPurkayastha K, Seth R, Amitabh S, Xess I, Kapil A and Sreenivas V
  
  Background: Infections are major cause of morbidity and mortality in children receiving cancer chemotherapy particularly when they are neutropenic, mainly due to immune deficiency. Between 48-60% neutropenic patients with fever have an underlying infection which can often be life threatening. Before putting the child on empiric antimicrobial regimes for FN, it is essential to know the spectrum of locally prevalent pathogens and their susceptibility patterns. Often these children don’t manifest fever even in presence of infection and fever may be present in neutropenic patients receiving chemotherapy even in the absence of infection. Present diagnostic tools available for diagnoses in FN are often not so robust and do not differentiate between various classes of organisms causing these infections. Procedure: Blood culture is time consuming and negative blood cult.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000805

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