Showing papers in "Pediatric Infectious Disease in 2012"

TL;DR: Sonography in clinically suspected cases of d Dengue is a good tool to aid in early diagnosis of dengue, even before the Dengue antibodies become detectable, useful especially in areas where Dengue NS1 testing is not available.

TL;DR: In this article, the clinical profile and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in children admitted to tertiary care hospital in mid-Himalayan ranges in India were determined.

TL;DR: A case of herpes zoster is reported in a 2-year-old healthy immunocompetent child, following minimally symptomatic varicella at the age of 6 weeks, as a consequence of postnatal VZV exposure.

TL;DR: It is advisable that in all intrathoracic TB patients, an attempt should be made to do at least one induced sputum and gastric aspirate sample on ambulatory basis.

TL;DR: This brief article attempts to review the existence of this ancient disease through the ages with evidence retrieved from Egyptian mummies and from archived centuries-old Indian and Greek scripts.

TL;DR: A 9-month-old female child with a history of asymptomatic lesions on the upper arms, at the site of Bacilli Calmette–Guerin (BCG) injections, was brought with a diagnosis of BCG-induced lupus vulgaris and started on two drug regimens of rifampicin and isoniazid with good response.

TL;DR: The general principles of diagnostic and therapeutic approach to these tubercular infections are discussed in this article.

TL;DR: A 9-year-old female child with three episodes of recurrent aseptic meningitis with periods of complete normalcy in between the episodes is reported, and her neuroimaging findings were normal and the investigations for immunodeficiency and for the presence of structural nervous system anomaly were normal.

TL;DR: It is proposed that all febrile neonates be admitted, ill or LRC negative neonates should undergo a full sepsis workup and be administered systemic antibiotics immediately and LRC positive Neonatal and Paediatric Ward of R.G. Kar Medical College.

TL;DR: The committee concludes there is no safety concerns of Hib vaccines as reported frequently in lay media and there is need of conducting more community based studies to gather more evidence on the superiority of one pneumococcal conjugate vaccine over other.

TL;DR: The article tries to envisage the diagnosis and management of TB in children with concomitant CKD and nephrotic syndrome and suggests the basic modalities of diagnosis remain same as in general population yet the results have to be interpreted in the light of primary renal condition.