Publications by authors named "Rebecca Anderson de la Llana"
In this article, a retrospective study was performed to describe the impact of merging two pediatric intensive care units on the overall and neurocognitive outcomes of children who required extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). Results from three cohorts were compared: 2008 to 2014: premerge, 2014 to 2017: initial time period postmerge, and 2018 to 2019: established merge. Survival to hospital discharge (and with good neurological outcome) was of 68% (61%), 46% (36%), and 79% (71%), respectively, for the three time periods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Kingella kingae is currently recognized as a significant pathogen of the pediatric population. Nevertheless, the possibility for adults to serve as a reservoir of healthy carriers has not been studied.
Method: We conducted a monocentric transversal study on 228 healthy adults to define the carriage rate.
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate changes in oropharyngeal K. kingae carriage during the first 4 y of life, including seasonal variation and comparison of asymptomatic carriage with cases of invasive osteoarticular infections (OAI).
Methods: Oropharyngeal bacterial K.
Background: The significance of subclinical vitamin D deficiency in the pathogenesis of fractures in children and adolescents currently remains unclear.
Objective: We aimed to determine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its effect on bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) values in a collective of Swiss Caucasian children with a first episode of appendicular fracture.
Design And Methods: One hundred teenagers with a first episode of appendicular fracture [50 upper limb fractures (group 1) and 50 lower limb fractures (group 2)] and 50 healthy controls (group 3) were recruited into a cross-sectional study.
To evaluate the intrafamilial oropharyngeal transmission of Kingella kingae, we conducted a prospective study among pairs of siblings. We found that 55% of children who suffered from osteoarticular infections due to K. kingae, and 40% of asymptomatic carriers of K.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Strains of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus producing a new pattern of disease have emerged worldwide. Infection with these bacteria typically presents as a life-threatening infection of soft tissues and bones, and may cause potentially devastating consequences.
Case Presentation: We report a case of osteoarticular infection caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus.