• Department of Pediatrics, Huai’an First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Huai’an, Jiangsu 223002, P. R. China;
YUAN Yufang, Email: 763640367@qq.com
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Objective To explore the risk factors of nosocomial infection in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during induction remission chemotherapy.Methods The children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Huai’an First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University between December 2012 and December 2018 were divided into the infection group (including the severe infection subgroup and the non-severe infection subgroup) and the non-infection group according to whether nosocomial infection occurred during induction and remission chemotherapy. The clinical data of patients were collected. Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the risk factors of nosocomial infection during induction remission chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Results A total of 96 patients were included. There were 67 cases in the infection group (26 in the severe infection subgroup and 41 in the non-severe infection subgroup) and 29 cases in the non-infection group. Univariate analysis showed that the granulocyte deficiency time and the prevalence of skin and mucosal damage in the infection group were significantly higher than those in the non-infection group, and the infection group had significantly lower laminar bed use and serum albumin level than the non-infection group did (P< 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that prolonged agranulocytosis [odds ratio (OR)=23.075, 95% confidence interval (CI) (3.682, 144.617), P=0.001], skin and mucosal lesions [OR=12.376, 95%CI (1.211, 126.507), P=0.034], hypoalbuminemia [OR=5.249, 95%CI (1.246, 22.113), P=0.024] were independent risk factors for nosocomial infection during induction and remission of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, while laminar bed [OR=0.268, 95%CI (0.084, 0.854), P=0.026] was the protective factor.Conclusions Long-term agranulocytosis, skin and mucosal lesions, and hypoalbuminemia are independent risk factors for nosocomial infection in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during induction remission chemotherapy. Laminar flow bed is its protective factor.

Citation: ZHAO Jiou, YUAN Yufang, ZHANG Rongrong, YANG Xiaochun, GAO Haiyan. Risk factors of nosocomial infection during induction remission chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(4): 370-374. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201902010 Copy

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