Fever and Neutropenia

A video presentation by Hamid Bassiri, MD, PhD, and Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, on Fever and Neutropenia, from the CHOP Medical Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, June 22-28, 2014.

At the end of the session the learner will be able to:

• Identify genetic and acquired causes of neutropenia and define the severity of neutropenia
• Define fever in neutropenic children
• Define low-risk vs high-risk fever and neutropenia
• Better understand the choice, duration, and use of empiric antibacterials and antifungals in children with fever and neutropenia
• Be more familiar with the utility and shortcomings of methods for detection of invasive fungal disease in children