Browsing by Author "Villarroel, Milena"

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    • Bloodstream infections in children with cancer and high risk fever and neutropenia episodes in six hospitals ... 
      Solís, Yanahara; Álvarez, Ana M.; Fuentes, David; Barra, Daniela de la; Avilés, Carmen L.; Becker, Ana; Salgado, Carmen; Silva, Pamela; Topelberg, Santiago; Tordecilla, Juan; Varas, Mónica; Villarroel, Milena; Viviani, Tamara; Zubieta, Marcela; Aedo Monsalve, Sócrates; Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena (2012)
      Introduction: To determine the etiology of invasive bacterial infection in high risk febrile neutropenia (HRFN) episodes in children with cancer is essential because of the favorable impact on mortality of the early empiric ...
    • Caracterización de los episodios de neutropenia febril en niños con leucemia mieloide aguda y leucemia ... 
      Ducasse, Karen; Fernández, José P.; Salgado Muñoz, Carmen; Álvarez, Ana M.; Avilés, Carmen L.; Becker, Ana; Topelberg, Santiago; Tordecilla Cadiu, Juan; Varas P., Mónica; Villarroel, Milena; Viviani, Tamara; Zubieta, Marcela; Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2014)
      Leukemia is the most common cancer in Chilean children. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is more prevalent and longer survival compared to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Aims: To describe episodes of febrile neutropenia ...
    • Early Hospital Discharge Followed by Outpatient Management Versus Continued Hospitalization of Children ... 
      Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena; Alvarez, Ana M.; Avilés, Carmen L.; Becker, Ana; Cofré, José; Cumsille Garib, Miguel; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel; Payá, Ernesto; Salgado, Carmen; Silva, Pamela; Tordecilla, Juan; Varas P., Mónica; Villarroel, Milena; Viviani, Tamara; Zubieta, Marcela (2004-09-15)
      Purpose To compare outcome and cost of ambulatory versus hospitalized management among febrile neutropenic children at low risk for invasive bacterial infection (IBI). Patients and Methods Children presenting with ...
    • A multicentric study of interval compressed multiagent chemotherapy and metronomic chemotherapy for patients ... 
      Gregianin, Lauro José; Scopinaro, Marcelo; Rose, Adriana; Boldrini, Erica; Ferman, Sima; Petrilli, Antonio Sergio; Costa, Cecilia; Kirst, Daniela; Dufort, Gustavo; Villarroel, Milena; Salgado, Carmem; Almeida, María Teresa; Valero, Miguel; Rizzatti, Marcelo; Castillo, Luis Alberto; Siqueira, Laurice; Lustosa, Daniel; Pizza, María; Rey, Guadalupe; Brunetto, Algemir (Amer Soc Clinical Oncology, 2015)
    • Prevalence of TPMT and ITPA gene polymorphisms and effect on mercaptopurine dosage in Chilean children with ... 
      Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier; Salas, Carolina; Canales López, Cristina; Silva, Felipe; Villarroel, Milena; Kopp, Katherine; Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo; Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena; Morales, Jorge (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Mercaptopurine (6-MP) plays a pivotal role in treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL); however, interindividual variability in toxicity of this drug due to genetic polymorphism in 6-MP ...
    • Prospective Evaluation of a Model of Prediction of Invasive Bacterial Infection Risk among Children with ... 
      Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena; Alvarez, Ana M.; Avilés, Carmen L.; Becker, Ana; Cofré, José; Enríquez, N.; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel; Payá, Ernesto; Salgado, Carmen; Silva, Pamela; Tordecilla, Juan; Varas P., Mónica; Villarroel, Milena; Viviani, Tamara; Zubieta, Marcela (2002)
      A risk prediction model for invasive bacterial infection (IBI) was prospectively evaluated among children presenting with cancer, fever, and neutropenia. The model incorporated assessment of 5 previously identified risk ...
    • Prospective Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Severe Sepsis in Children With Cancer and High-risk ... 
      Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena; Alvarez, Ana M.; Avilés, Carmen L.; Becker, Ana; Venegas, Marcela; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel; Salgado, Carmen; Topelberg, Santiago; Tordecilla, Juan; Varas, Mónica; Villarroel, Milena; Viviani, Tamara; Zubieta, Marcela; Maza León, Verónica de la; Vergara, Alejandra; Farfán, Mauricio J.; Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013)
      Background: We previously created a risk prediction model for severe sepsis not clinically apparent during the first 24 hours of hospitalization in children with high-risk febrile neutropenia (HRFN), which identified 3 ...
    • Prospective, Multicenter Evaluation of Risk Factors Associated With Invasive Bacterial Infection in Children ... 
      Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena; Alvarez, Ana M.; Becker, Ana; Cofré, José; Enríquez, N.; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel; Payá, Ernesto; Pilorget, J.; Salgado, Carmen; Tordecilla, Juan; Varas P., Mónica; Villarroel, Milena; Viviani, Tamara; Zubieta, Marcela (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 ...
    • Respiratory Viral Infections and Coinfections in Children With Cancer, Fever and Neutropenia Clinical Outcome ... 
      Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo; Kors, Lisette; Villarroel, Milena; Piemonte, Paula; Izquierdo, Giannina; Salgado, Carmen; Contardo Pérez, María Verónica; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier; Maza León, Verónica de la (2016)
      Background: Respiratory viral infections in episodes of fever and neutropenia (FN) in children with cancer are not well characterized. We compared the clinical outcome of infections caused by different respiratory viruses ...
    • Successful treatment of a persistent rhino-cerebral mucormycosis in a pediatric patient with a debut of ... 
      Cofré, Fernanda; Villarroel, Milena; Castellón, Loreto; Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena (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. ...