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Demographic, clinical and laboratory variables were compared between survivors and non-survivors groups, with respect to observed mortality.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n Between May 11 and August 10, 2020, 134 patients were included from the three centres and observed mortality was 17.1 per cent. The median age was 53 yr (interquartile range 39-61 yr) and thirty four patients (25%) were asymptomatic. Solid tumours accounted for 69.1 per cent and breast cancer was the most common tumour type (20%). One hundred and five patients (70.5%) had received chemotherapy within the past four weeks and 25 patients (19.3%) had neutropenia at presentation. On multivariate analysis, age [odds ratio (OR) 7.99 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.18-54.00); P<\/jats:italic>=0.033], haemoglobin [OR 6.28 (95% CI 1.07-37.04); P<\/jats:italic>=0.042] neutrophil\u2013lymphocyte ratio [OR 12.02 (95% CI 2.08-69.51); P<\/jats:italic>=0.005] and baseline serum albumin [OR 18.52 (95% CI 2.80-122.27); P<\/jats:italic>=0.002], were associated with higher mortality. Recent chemotherapy, haematological tumours type and baseline neutropenia did not affect the outcome.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interpretation & conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n Higher mortality in moderate and severe infections was associated with baseline organ dysfunction and elderly age. 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