Febrile neutropenia with bacterial paronychia

Clin Case Rep. 2018 Jan 26;6(3):543-544. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1399. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Abstract

The symptoms of infection can be minimal or absent in patients with febrile neutropenia at first. The focal site of infection, which may be the main cause of a fever or be a complication of neutropenia, can develop as neutrophils increase during the clinical course of febrile neutropenia.

Keywords: Bacterial paronychia; chemotherapy; docetaxel; febrile neutropenia; lung cancer; onycholysis.