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Title: The Prevalence of Bacteraemia in Neutropenic Paediatric Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Background: Bacteraemia in neutropenic paediatric cancer patients can lead to high morbidity and mortality if not treated properly. The prevalence...

Introduction: The immune system of patients with haematological malignancies is suppressed during chemotherapy. This renders them vulnerable to frequent infections especially bacterial. Timely diagnosis of these infections is difficult, because a severe infection may be asymptomatic or manifest...