Infections in children undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in India. 2006

Biju George, and Vikram Mathews, and Auro Viswabandya, and Alok Srivastava, and Mammen Chandy
Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. biju@cmcvellore.ac.in

We studied the clinical profile of infections among 221 pediatric patients who underwent 230 allogeneic transplants between 1986 and June 2004. All patients developed febrile neutropenia. There were 283 documented infections, which included bacterial (36.9%), viral (45.7%), fungal (11.1%) and other infections (6.3%) including tuberculosis. Bacterial and fungal infections were more common in the first 30 days following BMT, while viral infections were more common >30 days after BMT. Bacterial pathogens were predominantly gram-negative organisms (72.7%), when compared with gram-positive organisms (27.3%). Common gram-negative organisms included NFGNB, Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella while coagulase negative Staphylococci was the main gram-positive organism. Bacteremia (61.2%) was the main source positive cultures and was mainly because of gram-negative organisms (81%), predominantly NFGNB and Pseudomonas. Exactly 103/221(43.7%) transplants had 128 documented viral infections commonly because of Cytomegalovirus, Herpes group of viruses and transfusion related hepatitis. Thirty of 221 (13.5%) of transplants had 30 documented fungal infections with the majority being because of aspergillus (90%). Tuberculosis was seen in 1.7% of transplants while catheter infections were seen in 21 patients (9.1%). Infection related mortality was seen in 12% predominantly because of CMV or fungal infections. A sub group analysis (pre-1998 vs. post-1998) revealed higher incidences of gram-negative infections, bacteremia and bacterial infection related mortality in the pre-1998 era when compared with the recent times. The profile and mortality of infections in this series from India is not significantly different from reports from the West.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007194 India A country in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan. The capitol is New Delhi. Republic of India
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D009181 Mycoses Diseases caused by FUNGI. Fungus Diseases,Fungal Diseases,Fungal Infections,Fungus Infections,Disease, Fungal,Disease, Fungus,Diseases, Fungal,Diseases, Fungus,Fungal Disease,Fungal Infection,Fungus Disease,Fungus Infection,Infection, Fungal,Infection, Fungus,Infections, Fungal,Infections, Fungus
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006402 Hematologic Diseases Disorders of the blood and blood forming tissues. Blood Diseases,Hematological Diseases,Blood Disease,Disease, Blood,Disease, Hematologic,Disease, Hematological,Diseases, Blood,Diseases, Hematologic,Diseases, Hematological,Hematologic Disease,Hematological Disease
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

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