Altered microbiota-host metabolic cross talk preceding neutropenic fever in patients with acute leukemia

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Despite antibiotic prophylaxis, most patients with acute leukemia receiving mucotoxic chemotherapy develop neutropenic fever (NF), many cases of which remain without a documented etiology. Antibiotics disrupt the gut microbiota, with adverse clinical consequences, such as Clostridioides difficile infection. A better understanding of NF pathogenesis could inform the development of novel therapeutics without...

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