background: neutropenic patients are vulnerable to a wide spectrum of infectious agents. the aim of this study was to determine the current frequency of bacterial infections in patients with nosocomial fever and neutropenia. methods: in a retrospective study, the neutropenic patients’ specimens with nosocomial fever were cultured on blood and macconkey agar plates and evaluated at microbiology ...

background: pediatric patients on chemotherapy are vulnerable to invasive fungal infection especially candida spices. resistance to antifungal agents has increased in candida spp., especially in non-albicans species. this study aims to assess the susceptibility of candida spp. strains isolated from children with acute leukemia less than 18 years. materials and methods: this prospective cross-se...

The cycling of blood cell counts in grey collie dogs with cyclic hematopoiesis can be eliminated by treatment with oral lithium carbonate. To explore the mechanism by which lithium alters this stem cell disorder, studies of bone marrow granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells (CFU-C), neutrophil colony-forming cells (neutrophilic CFU-C), and colony-stimulating activity (CSA) were performed. In u...

Neutropenia is common in the practice of both primary care physicians and sub-speciality. Congenital neutropenia are rare diseases; they can be isolated independent diseases accompany a number other inborn errors immunity. The clinical course range from asymptomatic patients with mild to life-threatening infections cases severe neutropenia. Treatment congenital remains discutable this day. most...

Background: Given that few studies regarding the effect of Aloe vera (A. vera) on prevention of fever and neutropenia on acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) disease, the aim was to evaluate the effect of A.vera on prevention of fever and neutropenia in children with ALL. Materials and Methods: This randomized clinical trial study was conducted on 60 children with mean age 5.6± 2.9 years in Oncology ...

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A new approach to measure muscle oxygen saturation (SmO(2)) using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been proposed in this paper. This approach exploits the cyclic NIRS signals seen during exercise which are often regarded as "movement artefacts". This new measure, which we term the "cyclic SmO(2)", has the potential to be less affected by the myoglobin which is traditionally believed to be ...

Background: Children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura who are treated with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy might experience a decline in their absolute neutrophil count. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of neutropenia following intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura undergoing intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. ...

Neutropenia as an isolated clinical finding may include aetiologies ranging from severe disease to a transient condition, and differential diagnosis be challenging. Previous data experience suggest that low levels of the neutrophil-derived protein human 18 kDa cathelicidin antimicrobial (hCAP-18) in blood are predictive more forms neutropenia. The objective this study was present results newly ...