Clinical Characteristics and Predictive Factors of Invasive Fungal Disease in Pediatric Oncology Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in a Country with Limited Resources

摘要

The most common complication among pediatric oncology patients is febrile neutropenia (FN). Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is suspected when fever persists >4–7 days after empirical antibiotics. Its clinical characteristics and predictive factors associated with IFD among pediatric oncology patients with FN were thus explored.