Neutropenic Sepsis

Acute management of sepsis in chemotherapy patients.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)
Last reviewed: 21 October 2025
OncologyHaematologyEmergency Medicine

Clinical Guidelines

CKS: Neutropenic sepsis
National
NICE guideline [CG151]
National
NICE guideline [CG151]: Neutropenic sepsis: prevention and management
National
NICE guideline [CG151]: Neutropenic sepsis: prevention and management in people with cancer
National
2024 update of the AGIHO guideline on diagnosis and empirical therapy of neutropenic sepsis in adult patients with hematological malignancies
Local
Management of sepsis in neutropenic patients: guidelines from the 2019 joint international task force
Local
NICE guideline [CG151]: Neutropenic sepsis: prevention and management in people with cancer
Local
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016
Local