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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

C-Reactive Protein Monitoring and Clinical Presentation of Fever as Predictive Factors of Prolonged Febrile Neutropenia and Blood Culture Positivity after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Single-Center Real-Life Experience.

Daniela Carcò, Uros Markovic, Paolo Castorina, Valeria Iachelli, Tecla Pace, Paola Guardo, Gabriella Amato, Federica Galbo, Paola Scirè, Gaetano Moschetti

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. PCT-to-albumin ratio and CRP-to-albumin ratio as predictors of febrile neutropenia complications: a prospective observational trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniela CarcòUnità Operativa di Laboratorio Analisi Chimco Cliniche, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Uros MarkovicUnità Operativa di Oncoematologia e BMT Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Paolo CastorinaUnità Operativa di Laboratorio Analisi Chimco Cliniche, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Valeria IachelliUnità Operativa di Laboratorio Analisi Chimco Cliniche, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Tecla PaceUnità Operativa di Laboratorio Analisi Chimco Cliniche, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Paola GuardoUnità Operativa di Laboratorio Analisi Chimco Cliniche, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Gabriella AmatoUnità Operativa di Oncoematologia e BMT Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Federica GalboUnità Operativa di Oncoematologia e BMT Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Paola ScirèUnità Operativa di Oncoematologia e BMT Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Gaetano MoschettiUnità Operativa di Oncoematologia e BMT Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Via Penninazzo 7, 95029 Viagrande, Italy.
Charles University · CZUniversity of Messina · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFebrile neutropenia (FN) is a medical emergency that requires urgent evaluation, timely administration of empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics and careful monitoring in order to optimize the patient's outcome, especially in the setting of both allogeneic and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (ASCT).

methodsIn this real-life retrospective study, a total of 49 consecutive episodes of FN were evaluated in 40 adult patients affected by either multiple myeloma (thirty-eight) or lymphoma (eleven), following ASCT, with nine patients having fever in both of the tandem transplantations.

resultsFebrile neutropenia occurred a median of 7 days from ASCT. Median duration of FN was 2 days, with 25% of population that had fever for at least four days. Ten patients had at least one fever spike superior to 39 °C, while the median number of daily fever spikes was two. Twenty patients had positive blood cultures with XDR germs, namely

conclusionsIn our study, clinical characteristics of fever along with peak CRP levels were associated with a higher probability of both prolonged fever duration and positive blood culture, needing extended antibiotic therapy.

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autologous stem cell transplantationblood culture positivityC-reactive proteinfebrile neutropenia

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PMID35054007
PMCPMC8780345
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