Study | Study type | Underlying diseases | No. FNE | No. NE | Additional study details |
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[5] | Retrospective MCS | AL and CL | 0 | 20 | Detailled cohort study describing 20 consecutive patients with NE |
[27] | Retospective MCS | Mostly AL (some solid tumors). | 1 | 29 | Cohort study comparing 18 definite and 11 clinically diagnosed consecutive cases of NE. Substantial review. |
[4] | Retrospective MCS | AL. Some other abdominal infections in other neutropenic pts. are described | 2 | 13 | Cohort study describing 13 consecutive cases of NE. |
[23] | Prospective diagnostic study | AL | 0 | 4 | Relatively small but prospective ultrasound -based diagnostic study applying exactly defined diagnostic criteria |
[63] | Retrospective MCS | AML | 0 | 10 | Cohort study describing 10 consecutive cases of NE. Relatively brief, but sufficient data |
[64] | Retrospective MCS | AL | 0 | 9 | Detailled cohort study describing 9 consecutive patients with NE |
[65] | Retrospective MCS | Metastatic breast cancer receiving docetaxel-based chemotherapy. | 0 | 4 | Small cohort study in taxane-exposed patients. Relatively brief, but sufficient data. |
[17] | Retrospective MCS | AL | 1 | 13 | Cohort study describing 13 consecutive cases of NE. |
[66] | Retrospective MCS | Cancer pts receiving taxane-based chemotherapy | 0 | 5 | Cohort study describing few consecutive patients with NE among 4600 courses of taxane-based therapy. Relatively brief, but sufficient data. |
[18] | Retrospective MCS | AML | 0 | 12 | Detailled cohort study describing 12 consecutive patients with NE within an analysis of all infections in pat. receiving cheomtherapy |
[29] | Retrospective MCS | AML | 1 | 7 | Cohort study describing 7 consecutive cases of NE. |
[3] | Retrospective SCS reporting of consecutive patients | AL and some pts with CL. | 0 | 20 | The only surgical cohort study describing consecutive patients. Relatively brief, but sufficient data. |
Total | Â | Â | 5 | 146 | Â |