Medicine
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DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.5.352
Urinary Tract Infection As A Predictor Of Poor Prognosis In Pediatric Patients With Severe Febrile Neutropenia Related To Chemotherapy
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Maria Paula Gonzalez Galvis, Luis Alfonso Díaz-Martínez, Luis Miguel Sosa Ávila
Departamento de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Industrial de Santander. Bucaramanga
The diminished inflammatory response in patients with febrile neutropenia secondary to chemotherapy makes it hard to discard a urinary tract infection based solely on the physical evaluation of the patient…