The etiologic, microbiologic, clinical and outcome characteristics of immunocompetent young children <2 years of age hospitalized with acute neutropenia

• Main Authors: Dov Tschernin (Author), Yariv Fruchtman (Author), Ruslan Sergienko (Author), Odeya David (Author), Ron Leibovitz (Author), Julia Mazar (Author), Eugene Leibovitz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: To describe the etiologic, microbiologic, clinical and outcome characteristics of acute neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count, ANC, <1.5 × 109/L) in hospitalized immunocompetent children. Methods: Serious bacterial infections (SBI) were defined as culture-positive blood, urine, cereb...