Nutrition, infection, and morbidity in leukemia.
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.
Kibirige
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Department of Haematology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, England.
Morris-Jones
P H
PH
Stevens
R F
RF
Rayner
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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