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Trends in clinical features and severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria among children at tertiary care center in North India. 北印度三级护理中心儿童间日疟原虫疟疾的临床特征和严重程度趋势。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad034
Aditi Arya, Shyam Sundar Meena, Monika Matlani, Shewta Chaudhry, Vineeta Singh
{"title":"Trends in clinical features and severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria among children at tertiary care center in North India.","authors":"Aditi Arya, Shyam Sundar Meena, Monika Matlani, Shewta Chaudhry, Vineeta Singh","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad034","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Malaria is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in adults and children. Plasmodium falciparum is the primary cause of severe malaria, but recently Plasmodium vivax is also recognized to cause severe malaria-associated morbidity and mortality. The study focuses on determining the mortality related to severity parameters in individuals under 12 years and their critical presentation in P.vivax malaria-infected children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, and ICMR-NIMR, New Delhi. All clinically suspected cases were admitted for screening. Exclusion criteria (rapid malaria antigen test, microscopy and medication history) were applied to all the admitted patients (n = 221) to obtain P.vivax patients only. Patients aged ≤ 12 years were included in the study. DNA was extracted from dried blood spots and amplified by nested PCR, followed by visualization on gel electrophoresis.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>A total of 221 clinically suspected cases of malaria were screened for P.vivax. After implementing various exclusion criteria, 45/221 cases were enrolled for the study, among which 44.4% (20/45) of children had the symptoms of severe malaria in terms of cerebral malaria, thrombocytopenia, anemia, pancytopenia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Plasmodium vivax mono-infection can cause severe manifestation and must be treated as P.falciparum without any delay because it may lead to increased morbidity and mortality. A changing trend in clinical symptoms has shown in P.vivax which was an earlier phenomenon of P.falciparum.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":"69 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49679028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pediatric hospital surgical unit: a lower-middle-income country perspective. 儿科医院外科病房SARS-CoV-2抗体血清阳性率:中低收入国家视角
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad039
Murad Habib, Noshela Javed, Sadia Asmat Burki, Mansoor Ahmed, Muhammad Amjad Chaudhary
{"title":"Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pediatric hospital surgical unit: a lower-middle-income country perspective.","authors":"Murad Habib, Noshela Javed, Sadia Asmat Burki, Mansoor Ahmed, Muhammad Amjad Chaudhary","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad039","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The objective of our study was to measure and give insight into the seropositivity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the patients in our pediatric hospital surgical unit in Pakistan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care pediatric hospital surgical unit in Pakistan between 1 January 2021 and 1 June 2021 on the enrolled neonates and children aged 1 day to 13 years. All patients from three different pediatric strata [neonates (<1 month), infants (1 to 12 months) and children (>1 year)] were enrolled in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six-hundred patients were enrolled, and 426 patients were included in the study. Among 426 patients, 234 (54.9%) were male, and 192 (45.1%) were female. Overall only 118 (27.7%) patients developed symptoms. The other 308 (72.3%) were asymptomatic of which 28 (9.1%) had fever, 28 (9.1%) had cough, 38 (12.33%) had body aches, 292 (94.8%) had vomiting/diarrhea, and only 28 (9.1%) developed loss of smell and taste. Our results showed seropositivity of 27.7% (n = 118), while 72.3% (n = 308) had negative antibody titers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A much higher pediatric SARS-CoV-2 burden of 27.7% was found in our pediatric surgical unit than has previously been reported in the literature of 6.8% for children in pediatric hospitals or pediatric surgical units. Contrary to reporting early in the COVID-19 pandemic, this study determined that children experience a significant burden of COVID-19 infection. Thus, children appear very important in SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, from harboring the virus and further studies need to be done to find if they are transmitting the disease silently.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":"69 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138440905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cerebrospinal fluid tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) levels in children with cerebral malaria. 脑型疟疾患儿脑脊液肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)水平。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad032
Rajniti Prasad, Raghvendra Singh Patel, S P Mishra, Ankur Singh, Abhishek Abhinay, Tej Bali Singh
{"title":"Cerebrospinal fluid tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) levels in children with cerebral malaria.","authors":"Rajniti Prasad,&nbsp;Raghvendra Singh Patel,&nbsp;S P Mishra,&nbsp;Ankur Singh,&nbsp;Abhishek Abhinay,&nbsp;Tej Bali Singh","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad032","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This prospective cross-sectional study evaluated the diagnostic and prognostic role of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in children with cerebral malaria (CM) and its role in the differentiation of CM from non-cerebral severe malaria. CSF TNF-α was measured using a human TNF-α enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit of 39 cases of CM and 19 cases of non-cerebral severe malaria. CSF TNF-α levels were significantly higher in CM (p < 0.001). Based on the receiver operating characteristics curve, a cutoff value of CSF TNF-α was 5.7 pg/ml for diagnosis of CM with sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of 87.2%, 94.7%, 97.1% and 78.3% respectively. The cutoff value of CSF TNF-α was 13.7 pg/ml for predicting adverse outcomes in CM with sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of 100%, 96.8%, 88.9% and 100%, respectively. However, the cutoff value of CSF TNF-α was 4.96 pg/ml for predicting adverse outcomes in non-cerebral severe malaria with a sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of 100%, 94.1%, 88.9% and 100% respectively. So, CSF TNF-α is an excellent biomarker and can be used as a diagnostic and prognostic tool. More studies are needed to establish CSF TNF-α as a predictor of neurological sequelae.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":"69 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41166545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Kangaroo mother care utilization at stepdown ward of a tertiary care teaching hospital: a quality improvement study. 袋鼠妈妈护理在三级护理教学医院下坡病房的应用:质量改进研究。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad041
Dipen V Patel, K Sameer, Reshma K Pujara, Somashekhar M Nimbalkar, Paresha Y Patel, Jayshreeben B Makwana, Smita N Patel
{"title":"Kangaroo mother care utilization at stepdown ward of a tertiary care teaching hospital: a quality improvement study.","authors":"Dipen V Patel, K Sameer, Reshma K Pujara, Somashekhar M Nimbalkar, Paresha Y Patel, Jayshreeben B Makwana, Smita N Patel","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad041","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>India has the highest burden of preterm/low birth weight newborns. To tackle this, Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) needs to be scaled up. We did a quality improvement (QI) study to increase KMC coverage to 80% and its utilization to at least 4 h/infant/day.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was conducted at a stepdown ward (KMC ward) of a tertiary care teaching institute over a period of four months. All babies with birth weight <2.5 kg were eligible. The QI team included faculty in-charge, one senior resident and three senior staff nurses. Potential barriers were listed using fish-bone analysis. Four possible interventions were identified (daily documentation of total KMC hours by doctor, providing KMC during all the nursing duty shifts, counseling and education to mothers and family members), introduced, and then subsequently tested by four Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles and sustenance was assessed over three months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 93 infants were included in this QI study. During baseline phase, the KMC coverage was 50% which increased to 100% by the end of fourth PDSA cycle and remained 100% during the sustenance phase. During baseline period, KMC was given for ≥ 4 h in 18.8% (28 of 149) patient days which increased to 88.96% (137 of 154) during the sustenance phase. The mean KMC utilization increased from 1.97 (1.57) h/infant/day to 5.65 (1.20) h/infant/day in the sustenance phase.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>QI study incorporating PDSA cycles helped improve coverage and utilization of KMC.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":"69 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138440903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prevalence and predictors of mortality among hospitalized children with severe acute malnutrition in a hospital in North Cameroon. 喀麦隆北部一家医院严重急性营养不良住院儿童的患病率和死亡率预测因素。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad042
Danièle Christiane Kedy Koum, Charlotte Eposse, Loick Pradel Kojom Foko, Ritha Mbono Betoko, Zeinabou Ismaila, Carine Laure Njanseb Nfanleu, Diomède Noukeu Njinkui, Calixte Ida Penda
{"title":"Prevalence and predictors of mortality among hospitalized children with severe acute malnutrition in a hospital in North Cameroon.","authors":"Danièle Christiane Kedy Koum, Charlotte Eposse, Loick Pradel Kojom Foko, Ritha Mbono Betoko, Zeinabou Ismaila, Carine Laure Njanseb Nfanleu, Diomède Noukeu Njinkui, Calixte Ida Penda","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad042","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major public health concern responsible for paediatric hospitalizations and more than one-third of deaths across the world. In 2013, SAM caused ≥20% of deaths in severely malnourished infants in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. There is little data on SAM in economically, sanitary and socially disadvantaged Cameroonian regions including the North region.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine the prevalence and potential predictors of mortality among children with SAM in a reference health facility in Garoua, North region, Cameroon.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted from November 2021 to May 2022 at the paediatric ward of Garoua Regional hospital. Data collected on sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic characteristics in this study were questionnaire based.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 6769 children were admitted for hospitalization during the study period, among them 701 SAM cases, giving a hospital prevalence of 10.4%. Of the 347 children included, 51% of the study population were males and 87.6% were children aged 6-23 months. Seven predictors of mortality were identified: orphan status [adjusted odds ratios (AOR) = 8.70, p = 0.021], vomiting (AOR = 3.40, p < 0.0001), marasmus-kwashiorkor (AOR = 7.30, p = 0.005), lack of appetite (AOR = 56.10, p < 0.0001), cutaneous lesions (AOR = 5.50, p = 0.014), lethargy (AOR = 4.50, p = 0.001) and nasogastric rehydration (AOR = 6.50, p = 0.004).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Practitioners in the northern region of Cameroon should address these locally identified mortality factors to intervene with, and hopefully prevent and adequately manage malnutrition and SAM in this and similar contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":"69 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138440904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Antenatal corticosteroid therapy, delivery intervals and perinatal mortality in low-resource settings. 低资源环境下的产前皮质类固醇治疗、分娩间隔和围产期死亡率。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad037
Stanley Mwita, Benjamin Kamala, Eveline Konje, Deogratias Katabalo, Delfina R Msanga, Karol J Marwa, Namanya Basinda, Gilbert Kongola, Mary Jande, Deborah Dewey
{"title":"Antenatal corticosteroid therapy, delivery intervals and perinatal mortality in low-resource settings.","authors":"Stanley Mwita, Benjamin Kamala, Eveline Konje, Deogratias Katabalo, Delfina R Msanga, Karol J Marwa, Namanya Basinda, Gilbert Kongola, Mary Jande, Deborah Dewey","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad037","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Uncertainty exists regarding the ideal interval between the administration of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) and delivery. The study's objective was to assess the risks of perinatal mortality and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) among preterm neonates whose mothers gave birth within 48 h of the administration of ACS and those whose mothers gave birth between 48 h and 7 days.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study design was a secondary analysis of data from an observational prospective chart review study that was carried out in Tanzania in 2020. Preterm infants born to mothers who got at least one dose of ACS between 28 and 34 weeks of pregnancy were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 346 preterm neonates (294 singletons and 52 twins) were exposed to ACS. Compared to infants born 48 h following the first dose of ACS, those exposed to the drug between 48 h and 7 days had significantly decreased rates of perinatal mortality and RDS. Multivariable analysis revealed that infants exposed ACS between 48 h and 7 days prior to delivery had lower risk of perinatal mortality (aRR 0.30, 95% CI 0.14-0.66) and RDS (aRR 0.27, 95% CI 0.14-0.52).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The first dose of ACS given between 48 h and 7 days before delivery was associated with a lower risk of perinatal mortality and RDS than when the first dose was given <48 h before delivery. To improve neonatal outcomes, healthcare providers should consider administering ACS to mothers at the appropriate time.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":"69 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138291301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evaluation and monitoring of eye findings in children exposed to Zika virus during gestation: 3 years of follow-up. 妊娠期接触寨卡病毒儿童眼部检查结果的评估和监测:3年随访。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad030
Maria Luiza Bernardes Dos Santos, Luiz Cláudio Santos De Souza Lima, Andrea Araújo Zin, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira, Zilton Farias Moreira De Vasconcelos, Luiza Maceira De Almeida Neves, Maurício Bastos Pereira, Renata Artimos De Oliveira Vianna, Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde, Solange Artimos De Oliveira, Lee Woodland Riley, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso
{"title":"Evaluation and monitoring of eye findings in children exposed to Zika virus during gestation: 3 years of follow-up.","authors":"Maria Luiza Bernardes Dos Santos,&nbsp;Luiz Cláudio Santos De Souza Lima,&nbsp;Andrea Araújo Zin,&nbsp;Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira,&nbsp;Zilton Farias Moreira De Vasconcelos,&nbsp;Luiza Maceira De Almeida Neves,&nbsp;Maurício Bastos Pereira,&nbsp;Renata Artimos De Oliveira Vianna,&nbsp;Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde,&nbsp;Solange Artimos De Oliveira,&nbsp;Lee Woodland Riley,&nbsp;Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad030","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) is a recently described disease. Our main objective was to evaluate and monitor, over 3 years, the ophthalmoscopic findings in children exposed to zika virus (ZIKV) during gestation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective observational study was conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between April 2016 and May 2019. We evaluated two groups with exanthema serving as a proxy for viremia: (i) children whose mothers had exanthema during pregnancy and (ii) children who had microcephaly without maternal exanthema during pregnancy. We performed indirect ophthalmoscopy at recruitment and every 6 months thereafter. We also tested the association between ocular findings with maternal exanthema, microcephaly, CZS and maternal infection confirmed by reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction and gender.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 72 children included, 16 (22.2%) had optic nerve and/or retinal lesions. All 16 had CZS and 15 (93.7%) had microcephaly (14 at birth and 1 postnatally). The child with postnatally acquired microcephaly was born to a mother without exanthema during pregnancy. Fifty-six (77.8%) of the 72 children were followed for a median time of 24 months and none exhibited differences between admission and follow-up examinations. After logistic regression, only microcephaly at birth was associated with eye abnormalities (odds ratio, 77.015; 95% confidence interval, 8.85-670.38; p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We observed that there was no progression of the lesions over the follow-up period. We also showed that the eye findings were associated only with microcephaly at birth. Attention should be paid to all children born during a ZIKV epidemic, regardless of maternal exanthema and/or microcephaly at birth.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":"69 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10241626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Global perspective from high-income countries on phototherapy threshold differences at 24 h in 36- and 38-week newborn infants. 高收入国家对36周和38周新生儿24小时光疗阈值差异的全球展望。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad028
Shabih Manzar
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Clinical profile of infants with late onset sepsis admitted in a North East Indian tertiary care center: insights into the uncharted. 印度东北部一家三级护理中心收治的晚发败血症婴儿的临床概况:对未知情况的见解。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad031
Sugunan Niranjana, Chongtham Shyamsunder Singh, Khuraijam Ranjana Devi, O Okendrajit Singh, Chabungbam Smilie, Sareet Kumari Nandeibam
{"title":"Clinical profile of infants with late onset sepsis admitted in a North East Indian tertiary care center: insights into the uncharted.","authors":"Sugunan Niranjana,&nbsp;Chongtham Shyamsunder Singh,&nbsp;Khuraijam Ranjana Devi,&nbsp;O Okendrajit Singh,&nbsp;Chabungbam Smilie,&nbsp;Sareet Kumari Nandeibam","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad031","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad031","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical profile of infants with late onset sepsis admitted in a tertiary care hospital in North-East India. METHODS Prospective observational study was carried out in Department of Paediatrics, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences hospital during a period of 2 years (September 2019-August 2021). RESULTS A total of 109 patients were included in the study, of which 80 were community-acquired and 29 infants were hospital-acquired cases of late onset sepsis (LOS). The major risk factors were low socioeconomic status, prematurity, low birth weight, a history of intervention (mechanical ventilation, umbilical venous catheter, total parenteral nutrition, resuscitation) and lack of exclusive breastfeeding. The most common presenting features were decreased feeding, lethargy and respiratory distress. Blood cultures were positive in 33% of patients. Klebsiella was the most common hospital-acquired pathogen while Escherichia coli was the most common isolate in community-acquired cases. Thrombocytopenia was the most common complication. The in-hospital mortality rate was 13.7%. CONCLUSION Low socioeconomic status, low birth weight, prematurity, invasive interventions and lack of exclusive breastfeeding are the major risk factors of LOS. The clinical signs and symptoms are varied and subtle. The mean C-reactive protein in the hospital-acquired group was significantly higher as compared to the community-acquired group. There is substantial morbidity and mortality, resulting in an increased toll on resources, therefore, an aggressive preventive and treatment approach is recommended for late onset sepsis.","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":"69 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10277901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tissue expression of the SARS-CoV-2 cell receptor gene ACE2 in children. 儿童严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2型细胞受体基因ACE2的组织表达。
IF 2 4区 医学
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmad027
Jiyi Huang, Zhibin Guo, Junkai Duan, Yong Zou, Kuai Chen, Hui Huang, Sheng Zhang, Yunguo Zhou
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