Browsing by Author "Lafourcade, Monica"

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    Consensus of the Chilean Society of Infectious Diseases for the management of episodes of febrile neutropenia in adults and children with cancer
    (2023) Alvarez, Ana Maria; Morales, Ricardo; Raijmakers, Mariella; Barraza, Marlon; Lafourcade, Monica; Duran, Luisa; Contardo, Veronica; Amador, Roberto; Bidart, Teresa; Santolaya, Maria Elena; Flores, Ivonne; Gambra, Pilar; Gonzalez, Claudio; Lopez, Tania; Rabagliati, Ricardo; Vizcaya, Cecilia; Zubieta, Marcela
    The Committee of Infections in Immunocompromised Patients of the Chilean Society of Infectious Diseases presents an update in the Management of febrile neutropenia in adults and children with cancer. It comes from the significant changes that occurred in recent years in the confrontation of these patients. For which a multidisciplinary task force group developed recommendations in relation to their initial handling, laboratory exams required, the initial empirical antimicrobial treatment and in front of known infectious focus, invasive fungal infections and antimicrobial prophylaxis.
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    Support of the laboratory of microbiology and pathological anatomy in the diagnosis and management of infections in cancer patients and transplantation of hematopoietic stem cell transplant receptors
    (2019) Ferres Garrido, Marcela Viviana; Lafourcade, Monica; Gambra, Pilar; Ceron Araya, Ines Maria; Paya, Ernesto; Oddo Benavides, Carlos David
    The confrontation of the differential and etiological diagnosis of the infectious diseases of cancer patients, including hematopoietic stem cells transplant (HSCT) recipients, must correspond to an informed, timely decision that directly affects medical behavior that determines a better survival and quality of life for patients. The main goal of this work was to contribute to the management of these patients developing a useful tool for the clinician to make these decisions. For that, infections were grouped by compromised systems, differentiating the possible etiological agents in bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, highlighting the relevant diagnostic tests, mentioning the recommended techniques together with the optimal sample type for proper processing. In addition, under each group of techniques we added the item "level of requirement" to suggest what, in the opinion of the authors and the existing evidence, must be mandatory to have at local level or can be derivable to another laboratory.