Abstract

MARTELL-MARTORELL, Librada  and  ARENCIBIA-NUNEZ, Alberto. Nosocomial infections in pediatric patients with hematological diseases, 2006-2009. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.3, pp. 253-262. ISSN 0864-0289.

A cross-sectional study was performed at the Pediatric Department of the Institute of Hematology and Immunology from December 2006 to March 2009. There were 36 patients who had 60 infections with microbiological documentation, which represented 29 % of the total. Most infections occurred in patients with hematological malignancies, of which a large portion had severe neutropenia. In infectious episodes Gram-negative bacteria was the most frequent, followed by Gram positive and fungi, this latter was always associated with bacterial infections. Coagulase negative staphylococcus was the organism with the highest incidence. Patients who had central venous catheter placed in the femoral region had a higher risk of negative bacilli bacteremia.

Keywords : infections; gram-negative bacterias; gram-positive bacterias; coagulase-negative staphylococci; polymicrobial; neutropenia.

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