Publications by authors named "Paula Piemonte"
Background: Respiratory viral infections in episodes of fever and neutropenia (FN) in children with cancer are not well characterized. We compared the clinical outcome of infections caused by different respiratory viruses (RVs) and by RV coinfection in this population.
Methods: Children with cancer and FN at 3 hospitals in Chile were prospectively evaluated by clinical examination, blood cultures and detection of 17 RVs using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (nasopharyngeal samples).
Introduction: Gastrointestinal infections remain a major public health problem worldwide and its etiologic diagnosis is one of the main challenges. In molecular diagnostic techniques recently developed, the Filmarray GI® panel allows detection of 23 pathogens (14 bacteria, virus 5 and 4 parasites) within an hour.
Objective: To describe the experience of Filmarray GI® panel in the Molecular Biology Laboratory of Clinica Las Condes.
Introduction: Respiratory viruses are the leading cause of acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) in children. It has been reported that viral respiratory co-infection could be associated with severe clinical course.
Objectives: To describe the frequency of viral co-infection in children admitted for AlRI and evaluate whether this co-infection was associated with more severe clinical course.
Background: The role of respiratory viral infections (RVIs) as a cause of overall fever and neutropenia (FN) episodes in children with cancer has been less characterized than bacterial infections. We conducted a study aimed to determine the frequency of RVI in children with low compared with high risk for invasive bacterial infection (IBI) FN episodes and compare the clinical outcome of RVI and mixed RV-bacterial infections.
Methods: Prospective, multicenter study in children with cancer and FN admitted to pediatric hospitals in Chile between May 2009 and January 2011.