Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients: guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO)

Heinz, Werner; Buchheidt, Dieter; Christopeit, Maximilian; von Lilienfeld‐Toal, Marie; A. Cornely, Oliver; Einsele, Hermann; Karthaus, Meinolf; Link, Hartmut; Mahlberg, Rolf; Neumann, Silke; Ostermann, Helmut; Penack, Olaf; Ruhnke, Markus; Sandherr, Michael; Schiel, Xaver; Janne Vehreschild, Jörg; Weißinger, Florian; Maschmeyer, Georg

doi:10.1007/s00277-017-3098-3

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Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients: guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO)

Published in Annals of Hematology • Aug 30, 2017

Authors:

Werner Heinz

Dieter Buchheidt

Maximilian Christopeit

Abstract

Fever may be the only clinical symptom at the onset of infection in neutropenic cancer patients undergoing myelosuppressive chemotherapy. A prompt and evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic approach is mandatory. A systematic search of current literature was conducted, including only full papers ...

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Medicine

Intensive care medicine

Neutropenia

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