The Applicability of a 2-Transcript Signature to Identify Bacterial Infections in Children with Febrile Neutropenia

• Main Authors: Johannes Aasa (Author), Eva Tiselius (Author), Indranil Sinha (Author), Gunnar Edman (Author), Martina Wahlund (Author), Shanie Saghafian Hedengren (Author), Anna Nilsson (Author), Anna Berggren (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Febrile neutropenia is a common complication during chemotherapy in paediatric cancer care. In this setting, clinical features and current diagnostic tests do not reliably distinguish between bacterial and viral infections. Children with cancer (n = 63) presenting with fever and neutropenia were rec...