Spectrum of Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders in Hospitalized Children: Multicentric Data From Kolkata.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence and types of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) in hospitalized children with infection.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted in five tertiary-care facilities in Kolkata over two consecutive years between November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020. We included all children aged upto 12years who were hospitalized and screened them for PID.

Mortality indicators with clinical profile of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during SARS-CoV-2 second wave in India: A tertiary referral center experience.

Background: Post-COVID-19 cases are being reported with features of hyperinflammatory state causing multiple system dysfunctions in previously healthy children.

Objectives: To describe clinical characteristics, laboratory, and radiological profile of children affected with COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome postsecond wave in India and compare them with respect to adverse outcome.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, observational study was conducted in the department of pediatrics of a tertiary care center in Eastern India over a period of 3 months.

An extremely rare case of endophthalmitis in an infant with congenital tuberculosis.

Congenital tuberculosis (CTB) is the transmission of infection from mother to infant during the intrauterine period or delivery. An 82-day-old infant presented to Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, with a history of persistent fever from Day 15 of age. Over the course of more than 2 months, there were pneumonia, hepatosplenomegaly and endophthalmitis which were unresponsive to a range of antibiotics, and there had been several admissions to local hospitals.

Self-passivating (Re,Al)B coatings synthesized by magnetron sputtering.

(ReAl)B and (ReAl)B solid solution as well as ReB thin films were deposited by hybrid RF-DC magnetron sputtering. X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed that all films exhibit the ReB (P6/mmc) crystal structure. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses performed on atmosphere exposed thin film surfaces suggest that ReB corrodes, consistent with literature, by forming perrhenic acid (HReO) already after two days, while (ReAl)B forms a self-passivating Al-oxide layer preventing corrosion in a time period ≥ 60 days.