| No of patients on induction courses |
71 |
49 |
| Mean days of neutropenia (range) |
14 (7-25) |
7 (7-15) |
| Mean days from chemotherapy to onset of neutropenia |
5 |
| Mean days from onset of neutropenia to fever |
3 (1-15) |
| No of neutropenic episodes |
107 |
| Total no of febrile episodes |
172 |
| No of patients with more than 1 febrile episode |
22 |
| Duration of fever |
4 h-13 days |
| Absolute neutrophil count at the onset of fever |
0.05 (0.05-0.30) 109/L |
| No of patient with mucositis of grade 2-4 (55) |
31 |
24 |
| Clinically documented infections (172) |
10 |
12 |
| Microbiologically documented infection (37+16) |
22 |
31 |
| Mean days of hospitalisation (range) |
10 (5-35) |
9 (7-15) |
