Browsing by Author "XX575147"
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(2012)Background: Knowledge about appropriate use of antimicrobials (AM) in the population is an important factor to achieve a proper use of these drugs. Objective: To evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on knowledge ...
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(Springer, 2016)Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is an important infection with high rates of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Data on incidence, risk factors, and mortality of IFD in the pediatric population, mainly in South ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2020)Introducción: Los niños que reciben trasplante de precursores hematopoyéticos (TPH) pueden presentar infecciones respiratorias virales (IRV) durante episodios febriles. Los datos sobre su evolución clínica son escasos, ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2020)Los episodios de neutropenia febril son cuadros graves, que requieren un estudio etiológico exhaustivo y un inicio rápido de antimicrobianos. Dentro de los posibles microorganismos causales se encuentran los de origen ...
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(2002)BACKGROUND: Invasive fungal infections (IFI) cause prolonged hospitalizations and increase the possibility of death among patients with cancer and febrile neutropenia (FN). Up to 10% of febrile neutropenic episodes may be ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2014)© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.Introduction: Neisseria meningitidis invasive disease is a major public health problem. Pharyngeal carriage is considered a prerequisite for invasive infection. Prevalence reaches 10% in general population ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2018)© 2018, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved. Background: Microorganisms isolated from blood cultures (BC) in patients with febrile neutropenia (NF) vary over time, requiring systematic monitoring to guide ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2013)We report the case of a 10 year old girl with a relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who underwent a haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), with grade II skin and digestive graft versus host disease, ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2019)The care of cancer patients, including recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, has numerous challenges for hospitals that must provide safe environments in which exposure to pathogens that generate morbidity ...
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(Annals Publishing Company, 2006)Objectives: We evaluated the in vitro antibacterial activity of amoxicillin against penicillin-susceptible and -nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from children with acute otitis media (AOM). Methods: ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2013)We previously demonstrated the immunogenicity and tolerability of the serogroup B meningococcal vaccine, 4CMenB (Bexsero®), in 11-17 y-olds randomized to receive 1, 2, or 3 doses at 1, 2, or 6 mo intervals. participants ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2018)© 2018, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved.Background: There is no consensus on the optimal dosage use of posaconazole (PSC) for invasive fungal infection (IFI) in pediatric patients and normally it is ...
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(Lippincott Williams, 2010)Rotavirus and more recently noroviruses are recognized as main causes of moderate to severe acute diarrhea episodes (ADE) in children < or =5 years of age. Comparing epidemiologic and clinical features of norovirus to ...
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(2001-07-15)Purpose: To identify clinical and laboratory parameters present at the time of a first evaluation that could help predict which children with cancer, fever, and neutropenia were at high risk or low risk for an ...
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(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2010)Background: Empiric antifungal treatment has become standard of care in children with cancer and prolonged fever and febrile neutropenia (FN), with the downside that it leads to significant over treatment. We characterized ...
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(Unic Chicago Press, 2001)To determine whether Pneumocystis carinii is associated with clinical illness in the competent host, 107 normal, healthy infants were enrolled in a 2-year prospective cohort study in Chile. P. carinii was identified by ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Pediatria, 2015)© 2015 Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría.Introduction: Immune response against vaccine antigens may be impaired in children with cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the seroconversion response against hepatitis B ...
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Seroprevalencia de virus varicela-zoster en niños con cáncer en seis hospitales de Santiago, Chile (2012)Infections with varicella-zoster virus (VVZ) in immunocompromised children imply a high mortality. There is no data about VVZ seroprevalence in children with cancer in our country. Aim: To determine the prevalence of VVZ ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2015)© 2015, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved.The fungi of the order Mucorales cause mucormycosis, which usually presents as an invasive fungal disease with rapid angioinvasion in immunocompromised patients. ...
