Keyword

infection

2 Publications

2. November 2017 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.5.352

Urinary Tract Infection As A Predictor Of Poor Prognosis In Pediatric Patients With Severe Febrile Neutropenia Related To Chemotherapy

Maria Paula Gonzalez Galvis, Luis Alfonso Díaz-Martínez, Luis Miguel Sosa Ávila

Departamento de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Industrial de Santander. Bucaramanga

The diminished inflammatory response in patients with febrile neutropenia secondary to chemotherapy makes it hard to discard a urinary tract infection based solely on the physical evaluation of the patient…

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Current trends in Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Argentina

Marta Mollerach

University of Buenos Aires, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biotechnology

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections have become a major concern worldwide. Different from hospital-acquired MRSA, CA-MRSA usually is staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCCmec) type IV, carries genes for Panton-Valentine leukocidin…

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