Febrile neutropenia: significance of elaborated screening for respiratory viruses and the comparison of different sampling methods in neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies

摘要

BackgroundDuring febrile neutropenia in only 30 to 60 percent an infectious agent is identified. This diagnostic gap could hypothetically be reduced with the broad implementation of molecular detection techniques like PCR, which has revolutionized the detection of infectious diseases during the last two decades.