Frequency and clinical outcome of respiratory viral infections and mixed viral-bacterial infections in children with cancer, fever and neutropenia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 889-893

  Torres, Juan P ^a   Labraña, Yenis ^a   Ibañez, Carolina ^a   Kasaneva, Pilar ^a   Farfán, Mauricio J ^a   De La Maza, Verónica ^a   Villarroel, Milena ^a   Vergara, Ivonne ^b   Piemonte, Paula ^b   Zubieta, Marcela ^c   Salgado, Carmen ^c   Tordecilla, Juan ^a   Topelberg, Santiago ^a   O'Rryan, Miguel ^d   Santolaya, María E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^c Hospital Exequiel Gonzalez Cortes   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

cancer; children; fever; neutropenia; respiratory viral infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILE; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 85027929065     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31825c4b7e     Document Type: Article

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