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Infectious diseases

Acknowledgment The editors gratefully acknowledge contributions by Drs. Jennifer Duchon, Alexis M. Elward, David A. Hunstad, Lisa Saiman, and Joseph W. St. Geme III that were retained from previous editions of Pediatric Secrets. Anti-infective therapy Key Points: Anti-Infective Therapy 1.…

Principles of infectious disease and management of febrile neutropenia

1 What are typical infectious complications in pediatric oncology patients? Typical infectious complications include bacterial sepsis, systemic or organ-specific infections caused by either primary or reactivated viruses (e.g., cytomegalovirus [CMV], Epstein-Barr virus [EBV]), respiratory viruses (e.g., influenza, respiratory syncytial virus…