Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Children With Severe Dengue During the 2019-2020 Outbreak in Southern Colombia.

Background: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is characterized by uncontrolled activation of inflammatory cells and an exaggerated release of cytokines. It can be triggered by different factors, including viruses, such as dengue. The objective of this study was to characterize the clinical and laboratory profiles of children with severe dengue and HLH, and to identify the risk factors for this clinical complication.

Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome in Children From the South of Colombia: One Year of Experience.

Background: Multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is one of the most severe presentations of COVID-19 infection in pediatrics. Currently, we have few studies that describe the characteristics of this condition in Colombian children.

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children hospitalized with MIS-C in Neiva, Colombia.

[Urban outbreak of leishmaniasis in Colombia].

Objectives: To describe the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and treatment of children with visceral Leishmaniasis in Neiva- Huila, from April to June 2012.

Methodology: We performed a descriptive study of an outbreak of visceral leshmaniasis in children from the urban area of Neiva.

Results: There were seven cases in children younger than five years.

[Biochemical alterations as prediction markers for the severity of illness in dengue fever patients].

Introduction: Dengue is the most important mosquito-borne infection in the world. There is evidence supporting the use of biochemical alterations as prediction tools for severity of illness in dengue.

Objective: To evaluate biochemical alterations as potential prediction markers for severity in dengue.