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[Monocytosis in pediatrics].
L Torres-Córdoba, Lepe-Zúñiga Jl
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Abstract
We report a retrospective survey of monocytosis occurring in children hospitalized at the Hospital Infantil de México. Patients with monocyte count exceeding the mean for age by more than 4 standard deviations were considered to have monocytosis. The cases with monocytosis had more infections than children without monocytosis and those with abscesses were found to have a high frequency of monocytosis. Monocytosis and neutrophilia were frequently associated. Malnutrition was found to have no effect on the frequency of monocytosis. There was no relationship of monocytosis with age, hemoglobin level, lymphocyte count, drugs administered and final outcome. We comment on these findings.