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Table 2 Demographics and clinical characteristics of pediatric leukemia patients (n = 50)

From: Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus infections and their clinical relevance in Egyptian leukemic pediatric patients

Characteristics

N (%)

Age, median (Range)

7 years (9.5 months–18 years)

Sex

 Males

26 (52%)

 Females

24 (48%)

Clinical characteristics

 Fever

50 (100%)

 Organomegaly

35 (70%)

 Mucositis

22 (44%)

 Lymphadenopathy

7 (14%)

 Chest infection

50 (100%)

 Duration of Febrile neutropenia, median (range)

26.5 days (9–60)

 Severe CMV disease

32 (64%)