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Over the past few decades, there has been a shift in the spectrum of bacterial isolates from patients with febrile neutropenia. Gram-negative organisms prevailed in the era when cytotoxic chemotherapy was initially introduced, whereas Gram-positive skin flora including coagulase-negative staphylococci evolved as the most common isolates after widespread use of indwelling catheters and prophylactic antibiotics. In addition, there has been a drift in susceptibility patterns, with resistance seen in the general population of hospitalized patients now emerging in febrile neutropenic patients.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1086/383048 | issn = 1537-6591 | volume = 39 Suppl 1 | pages = –25-31 | last = Ramphal | first = Reuben | title = Changes in the etiology of bacteremia in febrile neutropenic patients and the susceptibilities of the currently isolated pathogens | journal = Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America | date = 2004-07-15 | pmid = 15250017 }}</ref> | Over the past few decades, there has been a shift in the spectrum of bacterial isolates from patients with febrile neutropenia. Gram-negative organisms prevailed in the era when cytotoxic chemotherapy was initially introduced, whereas Gram-positive skin flora including coagulase-negative staphylococci evolved as the most common isolates after widespread use of indwelling catheters and prophylactic antibiotics. In addition, there has been a drift in susceptibility patterns, with resistance seen in the general population of hospitalized patients now emerging in febrile neutropenic patients.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1086/383048 | issn = 1537-6591 | volume = 39 Suppl 1 | pages = –25-31 | last = Ramphal | first = Reuben | title = Changes in the etiology of bacteremia in febrile neutropenic patients and the susceptibilities of the currently isolated pathogens | journal = Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America | date = 2004-07-15 | pmid = 15250017 }}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: F and N; fever and neutropenia; FN; hot and low; hot leuk; neutropenic fever; neutropenic fever syndrome; neutropenic sepsis
Overview
Approximately 10% to 50% of patients with solid tumors and more than 80% of those with hematologic malignancies will develop fever during courses of cytotoxic chemotherapy. However, an infectious etiology can be established in a minority of patients, and clinically defined infections occur in 20% to 30% of febrile episodes.[1]
Epidemiology and Demographics
Approximately 10% to 50% of patients with solid tumors and more than 80% of those with hematologic malignancies will develop fever during courses of cytotoxic chemotherapy. However, an infectious etiology can be established in a minority of patients, and clinically defined infections occur in 20% to 30% of febrile episodes.[2]
Over the past few decades, there has been a shift in the spectrum of bacterial isolates from patients with febrile neutropenia. Gram-negative organisms prevailed in the era when cytotoxic chemotherapy was initially introduced, whereas Gram-positive skin flora including coagulase-negative staphylococci evolved as the most common isolates after widespread use of indwelling catheters and prophylactic antibiotics. In addition, there has been a drift in susceptibility patterns, with resistance seen in the general population of hospitalized patients now emerging in febrile neutropenic patients.[3]
References
- ↑ Freifeld, Alison G. (2011-02-15). "Clinical practice guideline for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America". Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 52 (4): 427–431. doi:10.1093/cid/ciq147. ISSN 1537-6591. PMID 21205990. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ Freifeld, Alison G. (2011-02-15). "Clinical practice guideline for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America". Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 52 (4): 427–431. doi:10.1093/cid/ciq147. ISSN 1537-6591. PMID 21205990. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ Ramphal, Reuben (2004-07-15). "Changes in the etiology of bacteremia in febrile neutropenic patients and the susceptibilities of the currently isolated pathogens". Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 39 Suppl 1: –25-31. doi:10.1086/383048. ISSN 1537-6591. PMID 15250017.