Febrile Neutropenia in Children: Etiologies, Outcomes, and Risk Factors with Prolonged Fever

Muayad Alali, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA, Michael Z. David, Sandra A. Ham, Danziger-Isakov LA, Allison H. Bartlett, Lindsay Petty, Jennifer C. Pisano, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Center for Health and the Social Sciences, The University of Chicago , IL, USA, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati, Immunocompromised Host Infectious Disease, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA (+2 others)
2020 OBM Transplantation  
Most studies of children with prolonged fever and neutropenia (PFN) have focused on invasive fungal disease (IFD) as the etiology of fever and not on other causes. Data are lacking regarding risk factors and adverse outcomes in pediatric cancer patients with PFN compared with those whose fevers resolve more rapidly. Retrospective medical record
doi:10.21926/obm.transplant.2001102 fatcat:nubpymccpfgmtkhtlgicvndrua