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In this descriptive, retrospective study of 244 febrile auto-BMT patients in the West Bank, data on demographics, CRP levels (days 1\u201314), fever onset and duration, and white blood cell (WBC) engraftment were analyzed using non-parametric tests and Spearman correlation. Fever typically began around day 6.7, lasted 6.5 days, and was accompanied by a CRP peak on day 8 (mean 104.8\u00a0mg\/L) before gradually declining, while WBC engraftment occurred on day 12.96 (SD\u2009\u00b1\u20095.29). CRP levels significantly differed by cancer type and conditioning regimen (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .001), but not by gender, age, or comorbidities, and were weakly correlated with fever duration and negatively with fever onset. WBC engraftment day showed moderate correlations with fever duration and end. 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