The Journal of infection
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The Journal of infection · Feb 2001
Comparative StudyClinical characteristics and therapeutic outcome of patients with febrile neutropenia who present in shock: need for better strategies.
To study the frequency of neutropenic febrile patients who present in shock, to evaluate the influence of this presenting feature on response to antibiotic therapy, morbidity, and mortality and to identify discriminating demographic features and clinical characteristics of these individuals. ⋯ Neutropenic febrile patients who present in shock have extremely poor outcomes irrespective of type of initial antibiotic therapy. Intense efforts are required to improve their outcome.