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Current methods of preventing infectious disease and managing febrile neutropenia in childhood cancer patients: a nationwide survey in Japan

International journal of clinical oncology(2022)

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Background Preventing infection and managing febrile neutropenia (FN) is mandatory for children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. However, the current situation in Japan is unknown. Methods We conducted a nationwide web-based questionnaire survey in 153 institutions treating childhood cancer in Japan. We asked about the type prophylaxis used to prevent infectious disease and manage FN. If patients with childhood cancer were managed by both pediatricians and surgeons at the same institution, we asked both to reply. Results We received replies from 117 departments at 111 centers: of these, 108 were from pediatricians. Laminar air flow for neutropenic patients, and frequent hand sanitization with ethanol, were widespread. Twenty-eight percent and forty percent of departments performed active surveillance by taking cultures from patients and the environment, respectively, before initiation of chemotherapy. Forty-four percent of departments administered prophylactic intravenous antibiotics according to patient status. Many departments measured serum (1,3)-β-D glucan, procalcitonin, and aspergillus galactomannan at the onset of FN. Twenty-eight percent of departments used carbapenem as empirical therapy for FN. Some departments used prophylactic granulocyte-colony stimulating factor for acute leukemia. Seventy-two percent of departments used prophylactic immunoglobulin for hypogammaglobinemia caused by chemotherapy. Palivizumab was administered widely for respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis in immunocompromised infants. Conclusion As a whole, intensive care for infectious prophylaxis or FN is applied in Japan; however, the methods vary among centers, and some are excessive or inadequate. Therefore, it is desirable to conduct clinical trials and establish adequate care protocols for infection in children with cancer in Japan.
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Childhood cancer,Febrile neutropenia,Infection,Prophylaxis
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