Publications by authors named "K EWE"
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- Pulmonary and pleural infections related to syphilis are rare and not commonly encountered.
- Most previously documented cases relied on clinical signs and positive blood tests instead of analyzing pleural fluid or biopsies.
- This report presents a unique case of secondary syphilis confirmed by the identification of syphilitic pleural effusion through a procedure called thoracentesis.
The rising incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W in Western Australia, Australia, presents challenges for prevention. We assessed the effects of a quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination program using 2012-2020 IMD notification data. Notification rates peaked at 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Status epilepticus is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While vaccine-proximate status epilepticus (VP-SE) has rarely been associated with cases of Dravet syndrome, it is not known whether VP-SE differs clinically from non-vaccine proximate status epilepticus (NVP-SE).
Methods: Medical records of children aged ≤24 months, presenting to one of five Australian tertiary pediatric hospitals with their first episode of status epilepticus from 2013 to 2017 were identified using ICD-coded discharge diagnoses.
Background: Long-term hepatitis B immunity has been demonstrated following the completion of the primary vaccination series in childhood. Some guidelines recommend a hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) directed approach following community-acquired needle-stick injury (CANSI) to inform hepatitis B postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) management. We assessed the utility of anti-HBs testing post-CANSI, as well as the costing of, and adherence to PEP at a pediatric hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Seizures, whether febrile or afebrile, occurring within 14 days following vaccination can be considered as vaccine proximate seizures (VPSs). While the attributable risk and clinical severity of first febrile VPS is well known, the risk and clinical outcomes of VPS recurrence is less well defined.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of revaccination management and outcomes in children who experienced a VPS as their first seizure seen in Australian Specialist Immunisation Clinics between 2013 and 2017.