Enterococcal Central Nervous System Infections in Children: A 22 Years' Experience in a Tertiary Center and Review of the Literature.

Background: Enterococcal meningitis in children is rare, and its clinical presentation, laboratory characteristics and outcomes are not well defined.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of Enterococcal meningitis cases during 2002-2023 at our tertiary center.

Results: We identified 10 cases in children 2 weeks to 15 years old (median age: 8 months).

Platelet count and risk of severe illness in hospitalised children with Influenza-Like illness.

Aim: To examine the clinical significance of thrombocytosis (platelets > 500 × 10 /L) in admitted children with an influenza-like illness.

Methods: We performed a database analysis consisting of patients evaluated at our medical centers with an influenza-like illness between 2009 and 2013. We included paediatric patients and examined the association between platelet count, respiratory viral infections, and admission outcomes (hospital length of stay and admission to the paediatric intensive care unit) using regression models adjusting for multiple variables.