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Volume 7 Issue 7 (July, 2019)

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Assessment of Etiology and Outcome of Fever and Neutropenia in Children
Arvind K Dubey, Divya Singh

Background: The present study was conducted to assess the etiology and outcome of fever and neutropenia (FN) in children. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 56 children age ranged 8- 16 years of both genders. Fever was defined as a single oral temperature of ≥ 38.3 °C or an oral temperature of ≥ 38.0 °C that persists for over one hour. Neutropenia was defined as an ANC ≤ 500 cells/mm3. The etiology and outcome of fever and neutropenia was recorded. Results: Out of 56 patients, males were 30 and females were 26. Etiology of fever was bacteremia in 25, viral URI in 13, GI infection in 4, pneumonia in 7, fungal infection in 4 and others in 3. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). The mean duration of fever in males was 1.5 days and in females was 1.8 days, duration of hospitalization in males was 4.2 days and in females was 3.7 days, mortality within 2 weeks in males was 5 and in females was 2. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that bacteremia was main etiology of neutropenia in both gender. There was male predominance of mortality rate. Key words: Bacteremia, Fever, Neutropenia

 
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