The Heterogeneous Syndrome of Noninfectious Causes of Persistent Fever in Neutropenic Patients With Hematologic Malignancy: Another Opportunity for Stewardship?
Although occult fungal, viral, and multidrug-resistant bacterial infections can cause persistent fever in neutropenic patients with hematologic cancer, a variety of noninfectious entities should be considered on a case-by-case basis in the context of negative diagnostic workup for infection.
Authors
- Abdullah Tarık Aslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9804-0972)
- Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8051-2940)
- Murat Akova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6904-9473)
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Hacettepe University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae487
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.54