These antibiotics are commonly used in ALL pediatric patients for fever and neutropenia (low white blood cell count) management, according to the article.
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Researchers tracked more than 8,200 patients, 3.2 percent of whom developed a C. diff infection within 180 days of an ALL diagnosis.
For patients who had been exposed to beta-lactam antibiotics, each extra day of exposure correlated with an increased risk of developing C. diff, according to the report.
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