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Inflammation Unchecked: Concurrent Kawasaki Disease and Stevens‐Johnson Syndrome in an 18‐Month‐Old Child

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Catherine Deffendall, Jodi Backalar, Elizabeth Acevedo Zapata, Adriana Della Porta, Lorin Bibb, Tyler Reese, Charlotte M. Brown   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refractory Eczema as a Presenting Feature of Common Variable Immunodeficiency

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most prevalent symptomatic inborn error of immunity (IEI) in adults. It presents with recurrent infections and non‐infectious complications, including autoimmunity, lymphoproliferation and dermatitis.
Mercedes Sanchez‐Diaz, Lars Matthies, Andrea Vanegas Ramirez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pneumococcal serotype prevalence and antibiotic resistance in children in South and Southeast Asia, 2012–2024

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
This narrative review describes pneumococcal serotype prevalence for invasive disease and carriage and antibiotic resistance among specimens collected from children in countries across South and Southeast Asia from 2012 to 2024.
Tzou-Yien Lin, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Patrick CY Woo, Abdul Razak Muttalif, Raja Dhar, Leong Choon Kit, Graciela Morales, Egemen Ozbilgili   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nasopharyngeal bacterial load as a marker for rapid and easy diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease in children from Mozambique.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundCurrent diagnostic methods for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with suspected invasive pneumococcal disease have limitations of accuracy, timeliness, and patient convenience.
Pedro Brotons, Quique Bassat, Miguel Lanaspa, Desiree Henares, Amaresh Perez-Arguello, Lola Madrid, Reyes Balcells, Sozinho Acacio, Maria Andres-Franch, Maria Angeles Marcos, Ana Valero-Rello, Carmen Muñoz-Almagro   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

New insights into pneumococcal disease [PDF]

Respirology, 2009
ABSTRACT Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) remains a common cause of disease and death throughout the world. Despite considerable research into various aspects of this infection, there still remain a number of unresolved issues, as well as considerable ongoing controversies, particularly with regard to its optimal management.
Charles, Feldman, Ronald, Anderson
openaire   +2 more sources

Increased Pediatric Head and Neck Abscesses Following the COVID‐19 Pandemic

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This study evaluated the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on pediatric head and neck abscesses at two tertiary care centers. Overall head and neck abscess incidence increased more than threefold in the post‐pandemic period compared with the pre‐pandemic period, with increases observed across all major abscess subtypes.
Marco DiBlasi, Ryan C. Higgins, Nicole Welch, Dwight Jones, Arthur J. Chang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minimum incidence of adult invasive pneumococcal disease in Blantyre, Malawi an urban african setting: a hospital based prospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Invasive pneumococcal disease causes substantial morbidity and mortality in Africa. Evaluating population level indirect impact on adult disease of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) programmes in infants requires baseline population incidence rates ...
Naor Bar-Zeev, Neema Mtunthama, Stephen B Gordon, Gershom Mwafulirwa, Neil French   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The potential role of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in reducing acute respiratory inflammation in community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia

Journal of Biomedical Science, 2020
Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) reduces both invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and other pneumococcal infections worldwide. We investigated the impact of stepwise implementation of childhood PCV programs on the prevalence of ...
Ching-Fen Shen, Shih-Min Wang, Hsin Chi, Yi-Chuan Huang, Li-Min Huang, Yhu-Chering Huang, Hsiao-Chuan Lin, Yu-Huai Ho, Chao A. Hsiung, Ching-Chuan Liu, Taiwan Pediatric Infectious Disease Alliance   +10 more
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Subtotal Versus Total Splenectomy in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Outcomes and Splenic Function Assessed by Pocked Red Blood Cell Count

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
Alma Al Sibaaie, Abdoulaye Sissoko, Carmen Capito, Christophe Chardot, Mariane de Montalembert, Valentine Brousse, Joséphine Brice, Martina Bevacqua, Camille Roussel, Lucie Dumas, Astan Cissé, Pierre Buffet, Slimane Allali   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infection risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologic and targeted therapies

Rheumatology &Autoimmunity, EarlyView.
In this context, infections associated with each biologic and targeted drug are summarized to inform the stratification of RA patients, including the characteristics of the susceptible patients and their concomitant therapy. We aim to provide a benefit‐risk analysis for clinical decision, and vital indications for the prevention of highly correlated ...
Lujing Wang, Jieshi Lin, Jie Qian
wiley   +1 more source