Efficacy and Safety of Piperacillin-Tazobactam and Cefepime as Empirical Therapy for Febrile Neutropenic Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)
| العنوان: | Efficacy and Safety of Piperacillin-Tazobactam and Cefepime as Empirical Therapy for Febrile Neutropenic Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) |
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| المؤلفون: | Mehnaz Akter, Afiqul Islam, Akm Amirul Morshed, Zannat Ara, SM Rezanur Rahman, Md Tanvir Ahmmed, Md Bani Yeamin |
| المصدر: | Bangladesh Journal of Child Health. 45:83-88 |
| بيانات النشر: | Bangladesh Journals Online (JOL), 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | General Medicine |
| الوصف: | Background: Infection is a major clinical challenge in ALL treatment. Prompt administration of empirical antibiotic in febrile neutropenic patients has reduced the mortality. Both Cefepime or Piperacillin-Tazobactam has been used as empirical treatment. Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety between Piperacillin-Tazobactam with Cefepime in febrile neutropenic children with ALL. Materials and methods: This randomized study was conducted from August 2015 to August 2016 in BSMMU. Sixty one episodes of febrile neutropenia in children with ALL, aged 0 to18 years were included in this study. Patients were randomized into two groups. One group received Piperacilln/Tazobactam and another group received Cefepime and data of 60 febrile neutropenic episodes were analyzed. Results: Febrile neutropenic episodes in the Piperacillin/Tazobactam group were 28 and in Cefepime group was 32 episodes and 34(57.63%) were male and 25 (42.37%) female. Median age was 5 years and 38(62.3%) neutropenic episodes were in induction phase. Majority had fever without focus 21(35%). Microorganisms isolated in 13 (21.66%) patients and majority 6 (46.15%) had blood infection. Most of the isolated organisms were Gram negative 11(84.61%). Overall treatment success without modification in the Piperacillin/Tazobactam group was 17(60.7%) and in Cefepime group 18 (56.3%) and that comparison was not statistically significant (p= 0.732). Significant difference was also not found comparing the mean duration of fever, neutropenia and hospital stay. Conclusion: Both Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Cefepime were found effective and safe as an empirical therapy for febrile neutropenic children with ALL. BANGLADESH J CHILD HEALTH 2021; VOL 45 (2) : 83-88 |
| تدمد: | 2408-8315 0257-3490 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::f334d8de725c4ffa68083b81567308c8 https://doi.org/10.3329/bjch.v45i2.60079 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........f334d8de725c4ffa68083b81567308c8 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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