Outcome of severe infections in afebrile neutropenic cancer patients
In some neutropenic cancer patients fever may be absent despite microbiologically and/or clinically confirmed infection. We hypothesized that afebrile neutropenic cancer patients with severe infections have worse outcome as compared to cancer patients with febrile neutropenia.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2016-12-01
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Series: | Radiology and Oncology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2016-0011 |