Magnitude And Associated Risk Factors Of Possible Fungal Infection Among Hematooncology Patients With Neutropenia At Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background A fungal infection represents a growing problem i n children with hematologicrnmali gnancies duri ng chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. rnObjectives: This study ai med to evaluate the magnitude of possible fungal infection amongrnhemato-oncologic children admitted to the hospital between 2017 and 2021 in TASH, Ethiopia. rnMethods: Institution-based retrospective cross-sectional study reviewed the charts of 256rnneutropenic patients at Ti kurAnbessa specialized hospital. Required data were collected using a rnquestionnaire. The data were entered i nto a computer usi ng Excel and exported to StatisticalrnPackage for Social Sciences Version 25 for analysis. Binary logistic regression analysis assessed rnpredicting factors associated with a fungal infection, and p-value

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