Showing papers in "Pediatric Infectious Disease in 2016"

TL;DR: The strength of this study was the use of advanced techniques providing comprehensive surveillance data and development of pan India referral system before the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the national immunization program.

TL;DR: Pakistan was the first country in the South Asian region to introduce PCV-10 within the routine immunisation program, and a few studies are currently underway to assess the impact of PCV introduction in Pakistan's EPI.

TL;DR: A day 8 old newborn with maternally acquired dengue was admitted in the NICU and had an eventful course and gives good learning experiences in a not so well understood entity.

TL;DR: The annual incidence of radiological pneumonia in children between 2 and 59 months of age, in prespecified districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is estimated and follow-up data will enable assessment of the impact of PCV introduction.

TL;DR: It is too early to comment on the further efficacy of this vaccine, but the schedule of PCV 10 in the routine National Immunization Program of Nepal is 2p + 1 at 6 weeks, 10 weeks, and 9 months of age.

TL;DR: This work attempted to provide the most appropriate study design to establish Alliance for Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococci (ASIP) network in the country which it hopes on further optimization will be of benefit to all surveillances in future.

TL;DR: This article reviews the various culture methods, serological tests and newer diagnostic methods available in making a laboratory diagnosis of brucellosis along with their advantages and drawbacks.

TL;DR: Antigenemia-guided pre-emptive strategy with ganciclovir was very affective and CMV reactivation tended not to affect the outcome in the study cohort.

TL;DR: The result of these analyses indicated that the CRP and CK-MB levels are correlated with HFMD severity, and these frequently used and accessible measures may aid clinicians in effectively diagnosing, treating, and predicting the prognosis of children with HF MD.

TL;DR: It appears that the quantum of reduction of CAP is much better with PCV13 than PCV10 in several countries, however, inclusion of either vaccine in the national immunisation programme in developing countries has the potential to save 0.3–0.5 million deaths and 7–8 million episodes of severe CAP.

TL;DR: Evidence for rational use of antimicrobials in paediatric practice is generated and a protocol based ‘Antibiotic Stewardship Program’ can help in rationalizing antibiotic usage in selected group of patients.

TL;DR: This article summarizes newer methods and guidelines used for pneumococcal identification, serotyping and drug resistance testing for laboratory diagnosis of S. pneumoniae.

TL;DR: NLR value alone does not perform better compared with CRP value alone in predicting postoperative septic complications after pediatric major surgery and the developmental differences in the host inflammatory response in children compared with adults may be the responsible of the different results obtained.

TL;DR: A case of cysticercosis in 10 years child who sought treatment for an asymptomatic nodule in right buccal mucosa that has been clinically diagnosed as a submucosal retension cyst is document.

TL;DR: A 4-year-old boy presents with abdominal pain and fever with eventual diagnosis of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis and the nonspecific and confusing symptoms are discussed.

TL;DR: The presence of respiratory tract viruses was common in HSP children and PIV may be an important contributing factor in the pathogenesis of HSP.

TL;DR: A case of disseminated aspergillosis treated successfully with high-dose liposomal amphotericin B in a 16-year-old boy with primary immunodeficiency (autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, ALPS) is presented.

TL;DR: It is concluded thatRotaviral antigenemia and viremia were common in children with rotaviral diarrhea, however, the impact of rotavirus antigenemia/viremia on clinical manifestations of infection is unknown.

TL;DR: Fixed dose combination of anti-tubercular drugs is often used in treatment of tuberculosis in children, but there is a need to reformulate the preparations for the desired therapeutic effect.

TL;DR: Examination of the multiple sites of nodular lymphangitis in the surrounding area led to the identification of Mycobacterium marinum as the cause of the coinfection.

TL;DR: The case presents a contrasting scenario to the conventional milieu of risk factors and surmises the possibility of genetic factor predisposition in a paediatric patient treated with acyclovir for viral encephalopathy.

TL;DR: BMS is a useful screening tool for early diagnosis of bacterial meningitis before cerebrospinal fluid culture result is known, especially when latex agglutination is not available, and is not recommended as a diagnostic confirmation tool because of its low specificity.

TL;DR: A case of 10-year-old female child with fever, hepatospenomegaly, pancytopenia,hyperferritinemia, hypertriglyceridemia and bone marrow hemophagocytosis, favoring the diagnosis of HLH is reported, requiring steroid administration for clinical remission.

TL;DR: A 9-year-old male with history of complex congenital heart disease presented with intermittent fevers and chills of 3-month duration along with pancytopenia and positive Bartonella henselae was revealed by DNA PCR in the patient who was treated with an antibiotic regimen consisting of doxycycline, Bactrim, and rifampin.

TL;DR: A case ofEnteric fever that presented at the start as acute gastritis and then went on to develop acute pancreatitis, which is a rare complication of enteric fever, along with capillary leak syndrome in the acute phase mimicking dengue shock syndrome is reported.

TL;DR: A study taken up to look for antenatal carriage of Streptococcus agalactiae in the Indian population revealed a carriage rate of 14.81% implying that group B strePTococcus as a possible etiology in neonatal sepsis more actively should be looked at.

TL;DR: A case of entomophthoromycosis in a toddler who presented with swelling of the left orbit following trauma to the left eye and Histopathological examination helped to arrive at the correct diagnosis and proper management of the patient.