COVID-19 in Hospitalised Children and Adolescents: Review of the First Pandemic Year at Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos.

Background: Since the start of the pandemic with SARS-CoV-2 virus, very little data was known about clinical features and outcomes of COVID-19 in children and adolescents not only in Lithuania, but also in other European countries. This study was started in collaboration with 82 participating healthcare institutions across 25 European countries, using a well-established research network-the Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet). This multinational, multicentre cohort study was performed during the first wave of the pandemic, between April 1 and April 24, 2020.

Pediatric Community-Acquired Bone and Joint Staphylococcus Aureus Infections In Europe: Severe Infections are Associated to Panton-Valentine Leucocidin Presence.

To analyze host and pathogen factors related to disease severity of community-acquired bone and joint infections in children, a cohort of pediatric patients was prospectively recruited from 13 centers in 7 European countries. A total of 85 children were included, 11 (13%) had a severe infection. Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive isolates were 17%, and 6% of the isolates were methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Overview of caustic ingestion cases at the Children's Hospital of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros klinikos between 2011 and 2018.

Background: Although not common, caustic ingestion can cause serious injury and sequelae. Clinical symptoms do not always represent the depth of lesions of the intestinal tract, which makes management of these patients difficult.

Materials And Methods: Between 2011 and 2018, we performed a retrospective one-centre study on ingestion of corrosive agents by children.

Sepsis epidemiology and outcome in the paediatric intensive care unit of Vilnius University Children's Hospital.

Unlabelled: Research was carried out at the paediatric intensive care unit (paediatric ICU) of the Children's Hospital, affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių klinikos.

Background: Being the most common cause of children's death, sepsis is a challenge for most physicians. In order to improve the outcomes, it is important to know the aetiology and peculiarities of sepsis in a particular region and hospital.

Factors associated with severity in invasive community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections in children: a prospective European multicentre study.

Staphylococcus aureus is the main pathogen responsible for bone and joint infections worldwide and is also capable of causing pneumonia and other invasive severe diseases. Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) have been studied as factors related with severity in these infections.