Showing papers in "Pediatric Infectious Disease in 1985"

TL;DR: It is concluded that bacterial infection causes serious morbidity in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and acquired immunosuppressive syndrome-related complex and may be further evidence for altered humoral immunity in the disorder.

TL;DR: An association between failure to eradicate Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci and the presence of aerobic and anaerobic BLPO is demonstrated.

TL;DR: Pediatric health care personnel, especially those in high prevalence areas and those caring for high risk populations, need to be aware of AIDS and the problem encountered in caring for these children.

TL;DR: During an 18-month adverse events surveillance period, children with a history of recurrent suspected or proved bacterial infections were treated with either cefaclor or amoxicillin and followed prospectively to determine the relative incidence and character of adverse events.

TL;DR: Bone marrow cultures remain the most effective method for the recovery of S. typhi in children and stool cultures appear to be more effective in children than in adults.

TL;DR: Day care for young children is likely to be associated with high rates of infection with cytomegalovirus, with the highest rate within each center occurring in children 25 to 36 months old.

TL;DR: Slit lamp examination may be a helpful clinical tool in identifying patients with Kawasaki Syndrome, and uyeitis should be considered for inclusion in the Centers for Disease Control case definition of Kawasaki syndrome.

TL;DR: Un cas de pneumonie neonatale mortelle a U. urealyticum chez un garcon ne a terme, la mere, âgee de 31 ans et le pere etaient suivis pour sterilite et porteurs du germe.

TL;DR: In RTOM 62.4% of isolates were susceptible to previously prescribed antibiotics, suggesting that factors other than antimicrobial susceptibility are also important in the occurrence of RTOM.

TL;DR: Routine postexposure administration of varicella-zoster immunoglobulin to all children <1 year of age does not seem warranted at this time, based on the small number of deaths occurring annually and the low relative risk compared to other high risk groups.

TL;DR: Despite one H. influenzae type b relapse occurring in the ceftriaxone group, ceftRIaxone appears to be safe and as effective as conventional therapy for bacterial meningitis in children older than 2 months of age.

TL;DR: A randomized controlled trial was undertaken to compare ceftazidime vs. the combination of ticarcillin and tobramycin in the treatment of acute respiratory exacerbations of mild to moderate severity in patients with cystic fibrosis, with no correlation between clinical and bacteriologic outcomes in either treatment group.

TL;DR: A retrospective study was done on 38 patients with atypical mycobacterial lymphadenitis who underwent surgical intervention at The Children's Hospital, Denver, between the years 1953 and 1983 and recommended total excision of the lesion without antituberculous medications as the first choice of treatment.

TL;DR: There are four cases which illustrate that in some patients, no derangement of the complete blood count (CBC) is present early in the course of bacterial sepsis, which constitutes a previously uninvestigated feature of neonatal neutrophil kinetics, thelatent period.

TL;DR: Leukocyte counts may be most helpful in making an early diagnosis, whereas CRP concentrations may document response, influence duration of antibiotic therapy and provide prognostic information.

TL;DR: The most common predisposing factors for septicemia were prolonged rupture of membranes and prematurity and the immature/total neutrophil ratio was more consistently abnormal than were total counts of white blood cells, neutrophils or immature neutrophilies.

TL;DR: Persistence of GABHS following a course of treatment may no longer be an important risk factor for the development of rheumatic fever, however, there are exceptional cases, as noted in the text, in which eradication of G ABHS carriage with a short course of rifampicin may be desirable.

TL;DR: The data show that the isolation of MRSA is increasing in frequency in pediatric patients and that the reporting ofMRSA from children's hospitals varies by hospital size, standard metropolitan statistical area and region.

TL;DR: Serratia marcescens produced a prolonged outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit of high level gastrointestinal colonization which in the early part of the outbreak predisposed to respiratory infection, which was reduced by more frequent changing of respirator tubing.

TL;DR: The observations emphasize the importance of nosocomial transmission of RSV and the frequency of fatal infection in children with congenital anomalies and suggest that intubation can be a predisposing factor and that RSV infection can lead to chronic pulmonary changes.

TL;DR: The negative findings in household contacts without risk factors for AIDS suggest that horizontal transmission of the virus within households by means other than sexual contact must be infrequent.

TL;DR: The RIT 4237 live attenuated bovine rotavirus vaccine was given orally at three dose levels to 75 breast-fed, 40 formula-fed and 24 fasting infants ages 4 to 6 months and the response rate can be considered satisfactory.

TL;DR: Subgroups which might benefit from this technology could include those who are severely ill, have been excluded from school or day care because of a streptococcal infection, have a history of rheumatic fever and are not taking antimicrobial prophylaxis.