Febrile neutropenia with bacterial paronychia
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Febrile neutropenia with bacterial paronychia
The symptoms of infection can be minimal or absent in patients with febrile neutropenia at first. The focal site of infection, which may be the main cause of a fever or be a complication of neutropenia, can develop as neutrophils increase during the clinical course of febrile neutropenia.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2050-0904
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1399