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Has COVID-19 Affected the Course of Chickenpox in Children?
Viruses
December 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Torun, Poland.
Objectives Of The Study: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology and clinical course of chickenpox in children based on 6 years of self-reported observations.
Material And Methods: The medical records of 350 patients under 18 years of age hospitalised in the Department of Paediatrics, Infectious Diseases, and Hepatology between 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2023 were analysed retrospectively.
Results: During the analysed period, 350 children were hospitalised due to chickenpox, the fewest in the pandemic period, the greatest number in 2023.
[Rapid Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Infections by Multiplex PCR Assay and the Viral Etiology in Children].
Mikrobiyol Bul
October 2024
University of Health Sciences, Dr. Behçet Uz Pediatric Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, İzmir, Türkiye.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the effectiveness of syndromic tests for diagnosing central nervous system (CNS) infections in children, highlighting the urgency of timely diagnosis.
- A total of 145 pediatric patients were analyzed, revealing that viral pathogens were the most common cause of CNS infections among those tested, with bacterial and no fungal infections detected.
- The use of syndromic tests significantly reduced diagnostic turnaround time, which averaged around 2 hours, and aided in guiding appropriate treatment for affected children.
Cerebral cavernous malformation with associated Streptococcus pyogenes abscess in a child: a case report and literature review.
Childs Nerv Syst
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are angiographically occult vascular lesions that present with a variety of neurological symptoms, including seizures, features of raised intracranial pressure and focal neurological deficits. In extremely rare circumstances, CCMs have presented with concomitant brain abscess formation. To date, five cases have previously been reported, the majority of which have affected patients aged 16 years or older.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccination in adult patients with chronic lung diseases.
Praxis (Bern 1994)
December 2024
Medicine University Affairs, Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland,
In Switzerland, additional vaccinations against influenza, COVID-19, Streptococcus pneumoniae and varicella zoster virus (VZV), are recommended for patients with chronic lung diseases such as COPD, asthma or interstitial lung disease, since infectious diseases often lead to exacerbation of lung diseases resulting in increased disease burden and mortality. In this review we give an overview on recommended vaccinations for patients with chronic lung diseases, also including vaccinations against pertussis and RSV, which are recommended in international guidelines. While continuous development of vaccines against S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDevelopment of pneumnonia and pleural empyema post-chickenpox infection in a 5-year-old child: A case report.
Qatar Med J
November 2024
Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine *Email:
Background: The introduction of the varicella vaccine has led to a significant decrease in pediatric varicella-induced invasive (group A streptococcal [GAS]) infections. However, the development of a pleural empyema following a chickenpox infection is a rare complication in pediatric patients.
Case Presentation: In this report, we present a 5-year-old male patient who presented to the emergency department with a deteriorating course two days after a chickenpox infection.
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