Fever and neutropenia: still a challenge.
Neutropenia is a double-edged sword. Fever may be the only manifestation of serious bacterial and fungal infection in neutropenic patients, and untreated occult infection can rapidly progress to septic shock and death.
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Division of Infectious diseases, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D010587:Phagocytosis