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[Afebrile infections in adult patients with acute leukemia]. / Infecciones afebriles en pacientes adultos con leucemia aguda.
Brodsky, A; Melero, M; Minissale, C J; Sánchez Avalos, J C.
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  • Brodsky A; Departamento de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Medicina (B Aires) ; 55(3): 193-6, 1995.
Article em Es | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8544714
Characteristics of afebrile infection episodes among adult patients with acute leukemia are here described. Afebrile episodes represented 14.3% of all infections. They significantly differed from the febrile episodes because: 1) they prevailed among patients with granulocyte count greater than 500/mm3 (p < 0.001); 2) they often involved patients in complete remission (p < 0.0002); 3) they affected more frequently the kidney and urinary tract than febrile infections (p = 0.0005) and 4) they lacked lung involvement (p < 0.01). The rate of documented infections by cultures, cytology or serological tests was not different between both infection types. Observed mortality during afebrile episodes was threefold less than febrile infections; this difference, however, did not reach statistical significance. In conclusion, afebrile infection in acute leukemia is a distinct clinical entity, unlike febrile infection.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Infecções Urinárias / Leucemia Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: Es Revista: Medicina (B Aires) Ano de publicação: 1995 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Argentina País de publicação: Argentina
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Infecções Urinárias / Leucemia Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: Es Revista: Medicina (B Aires) Ano de publicação: 1995 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Argentina País de publicação: Argentina