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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Mar 1;62(8):1421–1426. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25466

Table I.

Characteristics of Patients with Persistent Fever and Neutropenia (n = 135)

Characteristic
Age at first episode (years, median, IQR^a)	8.2 (3.2–15.0)
Male (n, %)	89 (66)
Hematologic malignancy (n, %)	84 (62)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	39 (29)
Acute myelogenous leukemia	26 (19)
Other^b	19 (14)
Stem cell transplant recipient (n, %)^c	107 (79)
Transplant indication (n, %)
Hematologic malignancy	56 (42)
Solid tumor malignancy	26 (19)
Primary immunodeficiency	10 (7)
Other^d	15 (11)

^a)

Interquartile range.

^b)

Includes 8 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, 6 with lymphoma, 3 with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and 2 with biphenotypic leukemia.

^c)

Eight patients received multiple stem cell transplants.

^d)

Includes 6 patients with aplastic anemia/bone marrow failure syndromes, 4 with genetic/metabolic disorders, 3 with hemoglobinopathies and 2 with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.