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Article

Evaluation of Six Risk Factors for the Development of Bacteremia in Children with Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia

by
Juan Enrique Asturias
1,*,
J. E. Corral
2 and
J. Quezada
2
1
Unidad Nacional de Oncología Pediátrica, Guatemala City, Guatemala, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
2
Universidad Francisco Marroquín, School of Medicine, Guatemala City, Guatemala
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Curr. Oncol. 2010, 17(2), 59-63; https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v17i2.453
Submission received: 8 January 2010 / Revised: 4 February 2010 / Accepted: 11 March 2010 / Published: 1 April 2010

Abstract

Febrile neutropenia is a well-known entity in children with cancer, being responsible for the high risk for infection that characterizes this population. For this reason, cancer patients are hospitalized so that they can receive prophylactic care. Risk factors have been used to classify patients at a high risk for developing bacteremia. The present study evaluates whether those risk factors (C-reactive protein, hypotension, leukemia as the cancer type, thrombocytopenia, recent chemotherapy, and acute malnutrition) apply to patients at the Unidad Nacional de Oncología Pediátrica. We evaluated 102 episodes in 88 patients, in whom risk factors and blood cultures were tested. We observed no statistical relationship between the six risk factors and bacteremia. There was also no relationship between bacteremia and the simultaneous presence of two, three, or more risk factors. A significant relationship of C-reactive protein and platelet count with other outcome factors was observed.
Keywords: cancer; fever; neutropenia; bacteremia; C-reactive protein; leukemia; thrombocytopenia; risk factors cancer; fever; neutropenia; bacteremia; C-reactive protein; leukemia; thrombocytopenia; risk factors

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Asturias, J.E.; Corral, J.E.; Quezada, J. Evaluation of Six Risk Factors for the Development of Bacteremia in Children with Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia. Curr. Oncol. 2010, 17, 59-63. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v17i2.453

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Asturias JE, Corral JE, Quezada J. Evaluation of Six Risk Factors for the Development of Bacteremia in Children with Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia. Current Oncology. 2010; 17(2):59-63. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v17i2.453

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Asturias, Juan Enrique, J. E. Corral, and J. Quezada. 2010. "Evaluation of Six Risk Factors for the Development of Bacteremia in Children with Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia" Current Oncology 17, no. 2: 59-63. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v17i2.453

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Asturias, J. E., Corral, J. E., & Quezada, J. (2010). Evaluation of Six Risk Factors for the Development of Bacteremia in Children with Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia. Current Oncology, 17(2), 59-63. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v17i2.453

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