Early Radiologic Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection in Febrile Neutropenic Patients: A Comparison of Serial Chest Radiography and Single CT Chest

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the patients, including details of chest symptoms and laboratory data related to chest infection.

Baseline characteristic	Features	Number (%)
Gender	Male/female	47/31 (60.3/39.7)
Age (years)	Median	47.9 (range 18–90)
Hematologic malignancies	Leukemia	43 (55.1)
	Lymphoma	31 (39.7)
	Multiple myeloma	4 (5.1)
Chest symptoms	Positive/negative	41/66 (38.2/61.7)
	Shortness of breath	21 (51.2)
	Cough	19 (46.3)
	Tachypnea	15 (36.6)
	Lung signs	7 (17.1)
	Decreased breath sound	4 (9.8)
	Hypoxia	2 (4.9)
	Hemoptysis	1 (2.4)
Laboratory data related to chest infection	Positive/negative	33/74 (30.8/69.2)
	Microbial culture	18 (54.5)
	Serum galactomannan	18 (54.5)
	Influenza test	2 (6.0)