Clinical and Laboratory Parameter Dynamics as Markers of Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Oncology Patients With Fever and Neutropenia

Abstract

Prolonged fever, lower monocyte count at admission, higher CRP levels between the fifth and the eighth hospitalization days, increment trends of monocyte and platelet levels, and CRP level decrement were associated with BSI. These factors may serve as markers for BSI in pediatric oncology patients with FN.