Table 1. MASCC Risk index.

Characteristic	Score
Burden of illness
No or mild symptomsa	5
Moderate symptomsa	3
No hypotension	5
No chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	4
Solid tumour/lymphoma or no previous fungal infection	4
No dehydration	3
Outpatient status at onset of fever	3
Age <60 years	2

^aPoints attributable to burden of illness are not cumulative.

The maximum theoretical score is therefore 26.

The authors used a threshold of ⩾21 points to define ‘low-risk’.