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https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/fti-277-hcl.h
In search of a biomarker for complicated course of febrile neutropenia (FN), plasma IL-18 was measured in 92 hematological patients after intensive chemotherapy at the beginning of FN (days 0-3). Complicated course was defined as blood culture positivity or septic shock. IL-18 varied according to background hematological malignancy and showed an inverse correlation with leukocyte count. IL-18 was not associated with complicated course of FN, defined as blood culture positivity or septic shock, in the whole study group, but an associ