Antimicrobial Use in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology: Protocol for a Multicenter Point-Prevalence Study With Qualitative Expert Panel Assessment

Cihan Papan   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Katharina Reifenrath   ^{2 *} ;   Katharina Last   ¹ , MA, MD ;   Andishe Attarbaschi   ³ , MD ;   Norbert Graf   ² , MD ;   Andreas H Groll   ⁴ , MD ;   Johannes Huebner   ⁵ , MD ;   Hans-Jürgen Laws   ⁶ , MD ;   Thomas Lehrnbecher   ⁷ , MD ;   Johannes Liese   ⁸ , MD ;   Luise Martin   ⁹ , MD ;   Tobias Tenenbaum   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Stefan Weichert   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Simon Vieth   ¹¹ , MD ;   Ulrich von Both   ⁵ , MD ;   Markus Hufnagel   ¹² , MD ;   Arne Simon   ² , MD

¹ Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

² Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

³ Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

⁴ Infectious Disease Research Program, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Children's Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

⁵ Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Dr v Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

⁶ Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

⁷ Division for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

⁸ Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University Children's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

⁹ Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

¹⁰ Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

¹² Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

*these authors contributed equally