Objective: Limited data were available to guide management, counseling, and/or diagnostic investigation among children presenting with influenza-like illness (ILI). During a recent period of high influenza activity, we wished to determine the frequency, outcomes, and factors associated with influenza infection among children presenting with ILI.
Material And Method: During September and October 2010, children presenting with ILI were enrolled.
Background: Invasive, extraintestinal salmonellosis carries a significant burden of childhood morbidity especially among infants and young children in developing countries.
Objectives: To determine the clinical manifestations, outcomes, laboratory findings and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in patients with invasive salmonellosis.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted among children 0-18 years of age diagnosed with invasive salmonellosis receiving care at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand, from 2001 to 2010.
Objective: To determine the disease frequency, demographic characteristics, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and drug susceptibility patterns of childhood invasive pneumococcal infections in a hospital setting in Thailand.
Material And Method: A retrospective review was conducted of invasive pneumococcal infections among children aged < 18 years from January 1, 1998 - December 31, 2007 at the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health (QSNICH). Medical records of case-patients were reviewed to collect information on demographics, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and drug susceptibility patterns of infecting isolates.