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.
Division of Infectious diseases, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
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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