Malnutrition is a predisposing factor for developing recurrent fever following febrile neutropenia in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

• Main Authors: Jaikumar Govindaswamy Ramamoorthy (Author), Venkatraman Radhakrishnan (Author), Prasanth Ganesan (Author), Manikandan Dhanushkodi (Author), T.S. Ganesan (Author), T.G. Sagar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The factors that predict recurrence of fever following defervescence (DS) during febrile neutropenia (FN) episode have not been studied. The objective was to estimate the incidence and risk factors for recurrent fever (RF) in children with FN during the intensive phase of acute lymphob...