The Value of the "Lab-Score" Method in Identifying Febrile Infants at Risk for Serious Bacterial Infections.

Introduction: Most children with fever without source will have a self limited viral infection though a small percent will develop a serious bacterial infection (SBI) like urinary tract infection, pneumonia, bacteraemia, meningitis or sepsis. The challenge facing practitioners is to distinguish between these two groups and currently biomarkers, like C-reactive protein (CRP) and Procalcitonin (PCT), are available for this purpose.The aim of the current study was to identify SBI in infants with fever without an identifiable cause using the recently introduced "Lab-score" combining C-reactive protein, procalcitonin and urine dipstick results.

Follow-up of childhood chronic myelogenous leukemia with monitoring the BCR-ABL fusion gene expression in peripheral blood.

Unlabelled: Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) accounts for 15-20% of adult leukemias but is very rare in children (2%). Fewer than 10% of CML patients are younger than 20 years. CML is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome or the BCR-ABL fusion oncogene.

The role of real-time elastography in the evaluation of post chemotherapy hepatotoxicity in children with cancer.

The drugs hepatotoxicity represents a major problem of the iatrogenic pathology, with various manifestations, directly through the hepatotoxic effect or through idiosycrasy reactions. The hepatic affection induced by chemotherapy appears in children in cases of prolonged therapy, chronic diseases, or other associated conditions. Hepatotoxicity clinically develops through hepatic disorder, cholestatic or mixed hepato-cholestatic manifestations and systematic affection.

[Oculo-orbital changes in osteopetrosis].

Osteopetrosis means a low function of osteoclasts, that induces bone resorption with a decrease in bone density. It has two genetic forms: a benign form with autosomal dominant inheritance (AD) and a malignant form with autosomal recessive inheritance (AR). The most successful therapy is bone marrow transplantation (rate of success 80%).

[Colon cancer in the experience of Surgical Clinic No. 1, Tîrgu-Mureş. Late postoperative results].

We analyzed the informations concerning the late postoperative evolution for 405 (60%) of 760 patients with colon cancer operated between 1968-1996 in the Surgical Clinic from Tg.-Mureş and we found a global 5-year survival rate of 35.57%.