Paediatric Escherichia coli urinary tract infection: susceptibility trends and clinical management-a retrospective analysis of a 10-year period.

Background: Escherichia coli is the predominant urinary pathogen in children. Irish and international studies have demonstrated increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to antibiotics such as co-amoxiclav.

Aims: We aimed to (1) examine the AMR patterns of paediatric urinary E.

Pseudoparalysis in an infant with otitis media: an evolving presentation of scapular osteomyelitis.

A female infant presented to an Irish hospital with a 4-day history of fever, irritability and reduced oral intake. Initial inflammatory markers were significantly elevated, an erythematous tympanic membrane was noted on examination and an initial diagnosis of acute otitis media was made. By the third hospital day, the infant was noted to be irritable when being lifted up; pseudoparalysis of the right upper limb was observed.

Undertaking a face-to-face objective structured clinical examination for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction And Aims: Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) play a pivotal role in medical education assessment. The Advanced Clinical Skills (ACS) OSCE examines clinical skills in psychiatry, general practice, obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatrics. This study examined if the 2020 ACS OSCE for fourth year medical students attending the National University of Ireland, Galway, was associated with any significant result differences compared to the equivalent 2019 OSCE.

Paediatric management of a tuberculosis outbreak in an Irish Direct Provision Centre.

Direct Provision in Ireland provides basic needs of food and shelter to asylum seekers while their refugee status is processed. There are a number of issues associated with living conditions in these centres including overcrowding, nutrition and play facilities (1,2). This article outlines the protocol of contact tracing and management of latent tuberculosis infection in the paediatric setting after a confirmed adult case of tuberculosis within a Direct Provision centre in Ireland.