[HTML][HTML] Febrile neutropenia in acute leukemia. Epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and treatment

BA Hansen, Ø Wendelbo, Ø Bruserud… - … journal of hematology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute leukemias are a group of aggressive malignant diseases associated with a high
degree of morbidity and mortality. An important cause of both the latter is infectious …

Infection control in limited resources countries: challenges and priorities

D Vilar-Compte, A Camacho-Ortiz… - … infectious disease reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this article is to review the current status of
health care-related infections (HCRI) in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment outcomes of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a middle‐income developing country: high mortalities, early relapses, and poor survival

S Abdelmabood, AE Fouda, F Boujettif… - Jornal de Pediatria …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common childhood cancer, yet
surprisingly, very few studies have reported the treatment outcomes and the relapse rate of …

Treatment of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Historical Perspective

H Hayashi, A Makimoto, Y Yuza - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has
improved dramatically over the past half-century thanks to the refinement of risk stratification …

Early mortality in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a developing country: the role of malnutrition at diagnosis. A multicenter cohort MIGICCL study

JA Martín-Trejo, JC Núñez-Enríquez… - Leukemia & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The role of malnutrition at diagnosis as a predictor of early mortality in Mexican leukemia
children remains controversial. The objective of present study was to investigate whether …

The DOT1L inhibitor Pinometostat decreases the host-response against infections: Considerations about its use in human therapy

L Marcos-Villar, A Nieto - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Patients with acute myeloid leukemia frequently present translocations of MLL gene.
Rearrangements of MLL protein (MLL-r) in complexes that contain the histone …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of dry hydrogen peroxide on hospital-acquired infection at a pediatric oncology hospital

M Melgar, M Ramirez, A Chang, F Antillon - American Journal of Infection …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background This study aims to describe the effect of Dry Hydrogen Peroxide (DHP), as an
adjunct to environmental cleaning and disinfection, on the incidence of hospital-acquired …

Improving outcome of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a simplified protocol: report from a tertiary care center in north India

A Trehan, D Bansal, N Varma… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background The outcome of malignancies in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) is
hampered owing to numerous factors. Current protocols are complex, demanding supportive …

Infectious complications in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with the Taiwan Pediatric Oncology Group protocol: A 16‐year tertiary single‐institution …

MJ Li, HH Chang, YL Yang, MY Lu… - Pediatric blood & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Infection is a major complication in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic
leukemia during chemotherapy. In this study, the infection characteristics were determined …

Dynamic changes in the ability to release neutrophil extracellular traps in the course of childhood acute leukemias

M Ostafin, O Ciepiela, M Pruchniak… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acute leukemias, the most common cancers in children, are characterized by excessive
proliferation of malignant progenitor cells. As a consequence of impaired blood cell …