Clinico-laboratory profile and outcome of rickettsia in children: Hubli (Karnataka) experience
Conclusion Rickettisia is a re-emerging disease. The most clinical manifestation was very non-specific. High index of clinical suspicion is needed to make diagnosis. (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
War against antimicrobial resistance
Publication date: January–March 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 1 Author(s): V.N. Yewale (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Achromobacter xylosoxidans septicaemia in a neonate
We report a 16-day-old baby who presented with clinical features of sepsis, whose blood culture grew A. xylosoxidans resistant to most antibiotics. (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
X-ray quiz – Answer
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Pankaj Deshpande (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Paradoxical response to antitubercular treatment – A well known but overlooked phenomenon
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Satnam Kaur , Aashima Dabas , Sangita Yadav (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
X-ray quiz
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Pankaj Deshpande (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
From the case records of KKCTH a child with slowly resolving pneumonia
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): S. Balasubramanian , Sumanth Amperayani , K. Dhanalakshmi , Narayanan (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Xpert MTB/RIF: The newly endorsed TB diagnostic
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Chaitali Nikam , Camilla Rodrigues Early diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis is desirable to treat patient's regimens and to prevent the transmission of resistant strains. Real-time PCR assays have been developed to detect drug resistance rapidly, but none of them have been widely applied due to their complexity, high cost, or requirement for advanced instruments. GeneXpert is now approved by WHO for use in low income settings and can be used to screen pulmonary as well as extra pulmonary specimens for resistanc...
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Hepatitis A vaccines
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Nitin Shah HAV disease burden is high in countries in intermediate endemic zone. Besides there are population groups in all countries that have higher risk to develop severe hepatitis A disease. Not only is HAV a common cause of clinical hepatitis A disease but it is also a major reason for fulminant hepatic failure in children needing liver transplant. For long term individual protection live HAV vaccines are highly safe and efficacious. Use of HAV vaccine in NIP has shown virtual elimination of disease from entire c...
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
CT and MRI findings in a pediatric case of eastern equine encephalitis
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Zain Badar , Dushyant Thakur , Amir Hameedi CT and MRI were performed on a pediatric patient with serology-confirmed eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). In the correct clinical setting, these findings should prompt the obtaining of appropriate serologic confirmatory tests and lead to institution of control measures to prevent spread of the disease. Evidence of both diffuse and focal disease was evident with diffuse cortical involvement as well as lesions in the basal ganglia and thalamus on T2 axial FLAIR MRI images....
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Acanthocephalan infection probably associated with cockroach exposure in an infant with failure-to-thrive
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Joel M. Andres , Joan E. English , Ellis C. Greiner A 18-month-old infant presented for evaluation of failure-to-thrive, associated with a rare helminthic infection after probable exposure to cockroaches. Stool studies revealed a parasitic worm of the phylum Acanthocephala and in the family of Moniliformidae. Moniliformis, a genus of this group of worms, rarely causes intestinal disease in humans. Our patient's poor weight velocity improved slowly following clearance of stool ova and adult worms, possibly after trea...
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Diagnosis and management of dengue in children: Recommendations and IAP ID chapter plan of action
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Jaydeep Choudhury , Digant D. Shastri The epidemiology of dengue fever in the Indian subcontinent has been very complex. It is no longer restricted to urban centres, with outbreaks now occurring in rural India also. The mosquito vectors, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus prefers to breed in artificial water. They are day biters and are most active just after sunrise and just before sunset. As per the new guidelines dengue is now classified into three categories, dengue, dengue with warning signs and severe dengue wh...
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Study of measles outbreak from semi urban area around Thane city, Maharashtra, India
Conclusion It was found that nearly 33% of these patients got the disease in spite of vaccination. Comparison between vaccinated and non-vaccinated children showed higher age of the disease in vaccinated. The study also showed that nearly 20% children got the disease before the suggested age of vaccination according to EPI schedule. (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Are we entering a post-antibiotic era?
Publication date: April–June 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 6, Issue 2 Author(s): Raju C. Shah (Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
A rare case of Salmonella typhi meningitis in a two-month-old infant: A case report
Publication date: Available online 5 April 2014 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease Author(s): J. Dinesh Kumar , Padmanabhan Ramachandran , S. Saji James , P. Subbarao , T. Kishore Kumar Salmonella typhi as a cause of bacterial meningitis in infants is extremely rare. A two-month-old child presented with clinical features of sepsis. Diagnosis of Salmonella typhi meningitis was established based on CSF findings and blood culture. Child was treated with intravenous antibiotics for 6 weeks with good improvement. Child was also followed up for 1 year and was found to be doing well without any sequelae. The importance...
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
