Acute Respiratory Illness in Rural Haiti.

Objectives: Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is the most common cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries, including Haiti. Our objective was to detect pathogens found in children with ARI in rural Haiti to help develop evidence-based guidelines for treatment and prevention.

Methods: Retrospective study of students with ARI at four schools in rural Haiti.

Intermediate dose cidofovir does not cause additive nephrotoxicity in BK virus allograft nephropathy.

BKVAN has emerged as a major morbidity in kidney transplant recipients. Among treatment options is cidofovir, which can be nephrotoxic. We previously reported that intermediate dose cidofovir could be used without significant nephrotoxicity.

Intermediate-dose cidofovir without probenecid in the treatment of BK virus allograft nephropathy.

BK virus allograft nephropathy (BKVAN) is a rising complication in kidney transplant recipients. Reducing immunosuppression has been the initial form of therapy in most cases, but is not always associated with improvement in graft function. Anti-viral therapy with low-dose cidofovir (0.

A predominant role for Norwalk-like viruses as agents of epidemic gastroenteritis in Maryland nursing homes for the elderly.

Stool specimens from 156 Maryland nursing home residents, who became ill during 20 outbreaks of gastroenteritis from November 1987 through February 1988, were analyzed. All tested negative for astroviruses, enteroviruses, Group A rotaviruses, Sapporo-like caliciviruses, and enteric bacteria (i.e.