title: Nutrition, infection, and morbidity in leukemia.
abstract: Seven of the 25 children with acute leukemia were malnourished on admission. Of the 11 children who presented with fever, 6 had protein energy malnutrition and a bacterial infection was confirmed. They had a lower total leucocyte count. Out of 18 well-nourished children, 5 presented with a fever and the causative organism was isolated in 1 patient. There were more patients with a palpable liver in the malnourished group, and they had a high morbidity due to infections during remission induction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, England.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kibirige
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Morris-Jones
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rayner
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies