Antibacterial prophylaxis of febrile neutropenia is not effective in the pre-engraftment period in pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Oct;22(5):e13340. doi: 10.1111/tid.13340. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

¹ Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal and Children's Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
³ Department of laboratory Medicine, Microbiology Service, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
⁴ SCT Unit- Paediatric Haematology, Oncology Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.

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Keywords: antibiotic resistance; bacterial infection; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; prevention.

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