Objectives: The treatment of acute herpangina is inconsistent. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of interferon α-2b spray versus Ribavirin for this disease.
Methods: A randomized, controlled trial was conducted in eight hospitals in China between 2016 and 2018.
Background: Multidrug-resistant (MDRAB) has emerged as an increasingly important pathogen that causes nosocomial meningitis. However, MDRAB-associated nosocomial meningitis is rarely reported in children.
Case Summary: We report the case of a 1-year-old girl with a choroid plexus papilloma, who developed postoperative nosocomial meningitis due to MDRAB.
Background: Interferon alpha (IFN-α) is a preferred therapy for antiviral treatment of children with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) aged > 1 year currently. Peginterferon alpha-2a (Peg-IFN α-2a) is a recommended international guideline for treatment of CHB children, which is limited to children aged > 3 years. But the exact efficacy and safety of IFN-α and Peg-IFN α-2a for treating CHB are not sufficient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Herpangina is a common infectious disease in childhood caused by an enterovirus. This consensus is aiming to standardize and improve herpangina prevention and clinical diagnosis.
Methods: The Subspecialty Group of Infectious Diseases, the Society of Pediatric, Chinese Medical Association and Nation Medical Quality Control Center for Infectious Diseases gathered 20 experts to develop the consensus, who are specialized in diagnosis and treatment of herpangina.
Rationale: Pyogenic hepatic abscess in children is a rare clinical condition. Hepatic abscesses caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus are extremely rare.
Patient Concerns: A 6-year-old boy was referred to a tertiary children's hospital for a 6-day history of right lower abdominal pain and fever.
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the roles and clinical significance of innate immune receptors and cytokine in children with measles.
Method: The children with measles hospitalized in the department of infectious diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University during 2009-2011 were enrolled into measles group, while the healthy children examined in well baby clinic were enrolled into control group. The mRNA expression of TLR2/3/4/7, melanoma differentiation-associated gene-5 (MDA-5), retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I), IFN-α/β and IL-10 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells were detected by real-time PCR.
Objective: To investigate class I integron of Shigella flexneri, its prevalence in children, and its relation to bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents.
Methods: Totally 51 strains of Shigella flexneri were isolated from fecal samples of children suffering from bacterial diarrhea seen between June 2004 and November 2004 at Children's Hospital of Fudan University. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was employed to amplify various integron markers, including intI1, gene cassette region and 3' conserved region of class I intrgron; susceptibility of Shigella flexneri strains to 7 antimicrobial agents was determined by K-B (Kriby-Bauer) method.