[Infectious complications of the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children].

The authors report the infectious complications observed during the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 70 children, followed by a same team, with the same protocole, for a period of 6 years (mean follow-up: 42.3 months). The complications were mainly bacterial during induction phase, mainly staphylococcic the microbiological follow-up and a rapid empiric antibiotic therapy allowed to control more than 80% of the febrile episodes. There was one death from fulminant pyocyanic infection.