The prevalence of serious bacterial infections in neutropenic immunocompetent febrile children. 2021

Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital, New York City Health & Hospitals, United States of America; Department of Emergency Medicine. State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, United States of America. Electronic address: haor2@nychhc.org.

Febrile neutropenic immunocompromised children are at a high risk of Serious Bacterial Infections (SBI). This systematic review and meta-analysis report the prevalence of SBI in healthy children with febrile neutropenia. PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science from their inception to August 2020. Patients with an Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) <1000 cells/mm3 up to 18 years of age presenting to the ED with a chief complaint of fever (temperature > 38°C) and who had a workup for SBI as defined by each study. Data from individual studies was abstracted by a subset of the authors and checked independently by the senior author. Any discrepancies were adjudicated by the joint agreement of all the authors. We calculated the prevalence of SBI by using the number of SBI's as the numerator and the total number of febrile events in patients as the denominator. Bias in our studies was quantified by the Newcastle Ottawa Scale. We identified 2066 citations of which five studies (1693 patients) our inclusion criteria. None of our reviewed studies consistently tested every included patient for SBI. Spectrum bias in every study resulted in a wide range of the SBI prevalence of 1.9% (<0.01% - 11%) similar to non-neutropenic children. All of our studies were retrospective and many did not consistently screen all subjects for SBI. If the clinical suspicion is low, the risk for SBI is similar between febrile healthy neutropenic and non-neutropenic children.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009503 Neutropenia A decrease in the number of NEUTROPHILS found in the blood. Neutropenias
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005334 Fever An abnormal elevation of body temperature, usually as a result of a pathologic process. Pyrexia,Fevers,Pyrexias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001424 Bacterial Infections Infections by bacteria, general or unspecified. Bacterial Disease,Bacterial Infection,Infection, Bacterial,Infections, Bacterial,Bacterial Diseases
D015995 Prevalence The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time. Period Prevalence,Point Prevalence,Period Prevalences,Point Prevalences,Prevalence, Period,Prevalence, Point,Prevalences

Related Publications

Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
August 2015, Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
January 2024, Biomolecules,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
September 2016, Infection & chemotherapy,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
July 2005, Cancer,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
March 2010, Archives of disease in childhood,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
August 2017, Pediatrics,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
August 2003, Pediatrics,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
July 2013, Clinical pediatrics,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
January 2021, Indian pediatrics,
Rosy Hao, and Mona Saleh, and Tian Liang, and Neh Molyneaux, and Isaac Gordon, and Chiemelie Anyachebelu, and Richard Sinert
November 1994, The Pediatric infectious disease journal,
Copied contents to your clipboard!