Impact of Hepatoblastoma on Infectious Complications Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Our single‐center retrospective study of pediatric patients following liver transplantation (pLT) found that hepatoblastoma (HB) patients had the most infectious events (IE) per patient and were more likely to develop fever & neutropenia than patients with biliary atresia or other hepatic diseases.
Ashton D. Hall +9 more
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Unveiling Viruses Associated with Gastroenteritis Using a Metagenomics Approach
Acute infectious gastroenteritis is an important illness worldwide, especially on children, with viruses accounting for approximately 70% of the acute cases.
Xavier Fernandez-Cassi +6 more
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Infectious intestinal disease : do we know it all? [PDF]
Infectious intestinal disease (IID), with associated high morbidity and considerable mortality worldwide, causes a wide spectrum of illness. This ranges from mild discomfort to illness with severe complications.
Gauci, Charmaine +3 more
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Human Norovirus prevalence in Africa:a review of studies from 1990 to 2013 [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To assess the contribution of Human Norovirus to diarrheal diseases in Africa. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review of the PubMed and EMBASE databases for published articles of Human Norovirus in Africa between 1990 and 2013. Data were
Abugalia +108 more
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Children hospitalised with gastroenteritis before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Abstract Aims The COVID‐19 pandemic altered the pattern of many paediatric infections. We aimed to assess the incidence and characteristics of children hospitalised with gastroenteritis during the early and the late pandemic, relative to previous years. Methods In a retrospective study, we collected data from patient files of children aged 1 month to 5
Hamida Saidian +4 more
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Drug‐Induced Liver Failure Following Topical Minoxidil: A Case Report
Introduction Drug‐induced liver failure (DILI) is one of the causes of acute liver injury (13%–20%), encompassing both predictable and idiosyncratic reactions. While the latter are rare, it can lead to severe liver damage in vulnerable patients. Although topical minoxidil is a widely used treatment for androgenetic alopecia, cases of liver failure ...
Katrin Premke +5 more
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Caliciviruses and Foodborne Gastroenteritis, Chile
Human caliciviruses caused 45% of 55 gastroenteritis outbreaks occurring in Santiago, Chile, during 2000–2003. Outbreaks affected ≤99 persons, occurred most commonly in the home, and were associated with seafood consumption.
Roberto Vidal +8 more
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Parasite infections in a social carnivore: Evidence of their fitness consequences and factors modulating infection load [PDF]
There are substantial individual differences in parasite composition and infection load in wildlife populations. Few studies have investigated the factors shaping this heterogeneity in large wild mammals or the impact of parasite infections on Darwinian ...
Bush A. O. +10 more
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Sapovirus: an emerging pathogen in kidney transplant recipients?
Diarrhea is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. After including sapovirus to the viral gastroenteritis screening of our institution’s laboratory, we noticed an increase in sapovirus infections among kidney ...
Michaela Rippl +3 more
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Emergence of intragenotype recombinant sapovirus in Japan
Sapovirus is an important causative agent of sporadic cases as well as of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. A total of 603 fecal specimens collected from July 2005 to June 2006 from children with acute gastroenteritis in five localities in Japan (Maizuru, Tokyo, Sapporo, Saga, and Osaka) were screened for sapovirus by RT-PCR.
Tung Gia, Phan +7 more
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