Fig. 2
Data on CBT in fevered neutropenia episodes at the University Hospitals of Debrecen. (✤) Neutrophil count less than 500/mm3. (✔) persistent fever for more than 96 h, refractory to antibiotic treatment, (group I patients); (✘) lack of persistent fever more than 96 h, (group II patients); (‡) according to European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer criteria. (FNE); febrile neutropenia episode. There were in total 162 tests (mean; 2.93 ± 2.14/FNE) performed. 77 serum specimens (mean; 2.79 ± 1.89/FNE) were screened for the presence of GM antigen and 85 PCRs (mean; 3,07 ± 2.39/FNE) were performed supported by 249 runs (mean; 9 ± 7.02/FNE) and targeting special fungal nucleic acid marker genes (facC-PCR) of prokaryotic origin. Reporting of descriptivce statistics with mean values and standard error (±SE) are shown