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Clinical and microbiological profile of children with febrile neutropenia following antineoplastic treatments in a hospital in Medellin (Colombia), 2009-2010: case series

Perfil clínico y microbiológico de niños con neutropenia febril posterior a tratamientos antineoplásicos tratados en una institución hospitalaria de Medellín (Colombia), 2009-2010: Estudio de serie de casos




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Martínez Sánchez, L. M., Palacio Mesa, M. J., Diosa Restrepo, M., Ramírez Pulgarín, S., Rodríguez Gázquez, M. de los A., & Orozco Forero, J. P. (2015). Clinical and microbiological profile of children with febrile neutropenia following antineoplastic treatments in a hospital in Medellin (Colombia), 2009-2010: case series. Archivos De Medicina , 15(1), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.15.1.336.2015
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Martínez Sánchez, L. M., Palacio Mesa, M. J., Diosa Restrepo, M., Ramírez Pulgarín, S., Rodríguez Gázquez, M. de los A., & Orozco Forero, J. P. (2015). Clinical and microbiological profile of children with febrile neutropenia following antineoplastic treatments in a hospital in Medellin (Colombia), 2009-2010: case series. Archivos De Medicina , 15(1), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.15.1.336.2015

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Lina Maria Martínez Sánchez
María Juliana Palacio Mesa
Mariana Diosa Restrepo
Sergio Ramírez Pulgarín
María de los Angeles Rodríguez Gázquez
Juan Pablo Orozco Forero

Lina Maria Martínez Sánchez,

Bacterióloga, Especialista en Hematología. Grupo de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Cll 78B No 72A-109, Medellín-Colombia. Correo electrónico: linam.martinez@upb.edu.co. Teléfono: +57(4) 4936300 Ext. 854. Fax: +57(4) 2572428

María Juliana Palacio Mesa,

Estudiante, facultad de medicina, escuela de ciencias de la salud, universidad pontificia bolivariana. Cll 78B No 72A-109, medellín-colombia. Correo electrónico: julipa44@hotmail.com. Teléfono: +57(4) 4936300 Ext. 854. Fax: +57(4) 2572428

Mariana Diosa Restrepo,

Estudiante, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Cll 78B No 72A-109, Medellín-Colombia. Correo electrónico: diosa1908@hotmail.com. Teléfono: +57(4) 4936300 Ext. 854. Fax: +57(4) 2572428

Sergio Ramírez Pulgarín,

Sergio ramírez pulgarín, estudiante, facultad de Medicina, escuela de ciencias de la salud, universidad pontificia bolivariana. Cll 78B No 72A-109, medellín-colombia. correo electrónico: serapu_17@yahoo.com. Teléfono: +57(4) 4936300 Ext. 854. Fax: +57(4) 2572428

María de los Angeles Rodríguez Gázquez,

Enfermera, PhD en salud pública. grupo de salud pública, facultad de medicina, escuela de ciencias de la salud, universidad pontificia bolivariana. Cll 78B No 72A-109, medellín-colombia. correo electrónico: mariangelesrodriguezg@hotmail.com Teléfono: +57(4) 2196337. Fax: +57(4) 2572428

Juan Pablo Orozco Forero,

MD, Residente pediatría, facultad de medicina, escuela de ciencias de la salud, universidad pontificia bolivariana. Cll 78B No 72A-109, medellín-colombia. correo electrónico: juanoz28@gmail.com. Teléfono: +57(4) 4936300 Ext. 854. Fax: +57(4) 2572428

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Objective: to describe the clinical and microbiological profile of children with febrile neutropenia past to anti-cancer treatments, at an institution in Medellin. Materials and methods: retrospective descriptive study which included the medical histories of 34 pediatric patients with antineoplastic therapy, febrile neutropenia and infectious episodes. The information was collected in a form where there were socio-demographic, clinical
and paraclinical variables. Research included approval of the Ethics Committee. The program SPSS ® version 19.0 was used for processing the information obtained, and its analysis. Results: the average age of the first episode was 5.2±2 years. 50% of the cases were female. The most frequent clinical findings were tachycardia, vomiting, and diarrhea. Statistically significant differences were observed in the count of total
leukocytes and neutrophils; the first with a tendency to decline between episodes, while neutrophils were increased from the first to the second episode, and reduction during the third one. The main sources of infection were the oral mucosa (15,9%), gastrointestinal tract (15,9%) and lung (11,1%). Staphylococcus were the etiological agents most frequently reported with a 12,8% of the total number of episodes. Conclusion: febrile neutropenia secondary to anti-cancer treatments, predisposes to various infectious diseases of variable etiology, developing a wide symptomatology and impacting on the health of patients.

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