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In addition, neutropenia may affect your next round of chemotherapy. Particularly if your neutrophil level doesnât return to normal quickly enough. Your doctor may postpone chemotherapy or lower the dose. For neutropenia with a fever, your doctor may prescribe white blood cell growth factors.
Shared care information. Children with cancer may present with fever when not neutropenic. If a diagnosis is not apparent then it is often safer to treat as for febrile neutropenia initially.If there are any concerns, discuss with the paediatric oncologist on call. Otherwise, contact the oncology unit during normal hours. The child is clinically unwell with no obvious source-treat as for neutropenic fever (see antibiotic protocol). 2  The child has obvious signs of a respiratory viral infection-take appropriate swabs and blood cultures and consider treating conservatively and observe.