Miriam Bruno

TL;DR: Pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza was associated with pediatric death rates that were 10 times the rates for seasonal influenza in previous years.

TL;DR: Malbran et al. as mentioned in this paper conducted a study on the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) infection in menores of 2 anos in South America.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the risk factor of lethality in children hospitalized with infection pH1N1 confirmed by RT-PCR and determined the independent risk predictors.

TL;DR: Almost half of children with pH1N1 infection had underlying disease; the neurological condition was a separate CFR predictor and no significant association between age, chronic respiratory disease, immunosuppression and viral co-infection with lethality was observed.

TL;DR: A case of a 20 days newborn baby admitted to the neonatal unit with fever, hepatoesplenomegaly, abdominal distension and respiratory symptoms and she died the next day of M. tuberculosis, obtained in a gastric lavage culture, blood cultures and post mortem spleen puncture.