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A tool to sum up the daily severity of a patient\u2019s neutropenia, the \u201cD-index,\u201d has been validated in some specific clinical settings. In this study, we examined whether the D-index is a useful predictor of the onset of FN. We recruited consecutive patients treated with induction and consolidation chemotherapy for newly diagnosed AML. We gathered all the FN events and their clinical background data retrospectively. Patients\u2019 background, such as pre-existing conditions and disease status before the treatment, were analyzed using multivariate methods. All FN events during chemotherapy were evaluated for infection focus and causative organism. A total cohort of 51 cases (25 women, 26 men; median age 51 years, range 18\u201374) was analyzed. They displayed 171 neutropenic events (115 FN and 56 afebrile episodes) during chemotherapy, and complete neutropenic events were used in this study. Sensitivity and specificity analysis showed that the most useful cutoff value to predict the onset of FN was a cumulative D-index at day 11 (c-D11-index) of 718. The cumulative incidence of FN during chemotherapy was significantly higher in the group with c-D11-index \u2265710 (80%) than in the group with c-D11-index &lt;710 (39%) (P &lt; 0.0001). Through multivariate analysis, the presence of diabetes mellitus and the c-D11-index were extracted as contributing factors to the onset of FN (P = 0.0087 and 0.0002, respectively). 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