The incidence of severe neutropenia or febrile neutropenia (FN ... has recently produced guidelines for the use of G-CSF in adults with lymphomas and solid tumors undergoing chemotherapy.

Kern and colleagues [7] studied 353 patients with febrile neutropenia from 25 hospitals ... had not complied with study guidelines and refused hospitalization or home i.v. therapy after developing ...

Outcomes analyzed were the frequency of febrile neutropenia, bacteremia, duration of antibiotic therapy and hospitalization, and antimicrobial resistance to ciprofloxacin and extended-spectrum ...