Publications by authors named "Giuliana Pucarelli Lebreiro"
Article Synopsis
- This study examined pediatric respiratory infections, specifically SARS and RSV, after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil, comparing characteristics of affected children.
- Conducted between April 2020 and April 2021, it analyzed children under 48 months admitted to a pediatric hospital, collecting samples for viral testing and using logistic regression to identify clinical differences.
- Results showed that children with RSV were generally younger, exhibited less fever, and had more upper airway symptoms compared to those with COVID-19, indicating distinct illness manifestations between the two viruses.
Clinical Manifestations and Complications of Children With COVID-19 Compared to Other Respiratory Viral Infections: A Cohort Inpatient Study From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Front Pediatr
July 2022
Introduction: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) clinical manifestations in children and adolescents are diverse, despite the respiratory condition being the main presentation. Factors such as comorbidities and other respiratory infections may play a role in the initial presentation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. This study aims to describe the epidemiological aspects, clinical, and laboratory manifestations of pediatric patients admitted to a tertiary pediatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro, diagnosed with COVID-19, and compare these with other viral conditions during the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurological manifestations of COVID-19 may affect both central and peripheral nervous systems. Unlike in adults, in whom majority of severe cases derive from respiratory complications, neurological involvement is one of the main causes of severe COVID-19 in children. This study aimed to detect viral respiratory pathogens, mainly SARS-CoV-2, in nasopharynx and cerebrospinal fluid samples utilizing qRT-PCR (TaqMan) in a pediatric population in Brazil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Identify missed opportunities for the prevention and early diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) in infants followed up in a reference center for pediatric infectious diseases (PID) in Rio de Janeiro between January 2007 and December 2016.
Methods: Descriptive study including infants with CT, diagnosis established based on Brazil's Ministry of Health's criteria. All data regarding the infants and their mother's prenatal care were collected from the medical records of the Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG)-a tertiary public pediatric university hospital.