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Krack, Andrew T. "Leukopenia and Neutropenia as Predictors for Serious Bacterial Infections in Febrile Infants 60 Days and Younger." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1627658704260617.
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Petersson, Christer. "Preschool children day-care, diseases and drugs : studies of risk factors for respiratory tract infections /." Lund : Dept. of Community Health Sciences, Lund University, 1994. http://books.google.com/books?id=Vs9sAAAAMAAJ.
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Honkila, M. (Minna). "Chlamydia trachomatis infections in neonates and infants." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2018. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526219875.
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Abstract Around 3% of pregnant women in Finland have genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection, which can be transmitted from mother to newborn at birth. The risk of transmission has been reported to be 10–70% in vaginal deliveries resulting in conjunctivitis in 10–30% of cases and lower respiratory tract infection in 0–20% of cases. Although usually benign, Chlamydia trachomatis infections in infancy may result in long-term consequences, including conjunctival and corneal scarring, chronic cough and abnormal lung function. Based on the transmission rates published in prior studies, chlamydial conjunctivitis should occur in approximately 200 infants and chlamydial lower respiratory tract infection in 100 infants each year in our country, but in clinical practice we rarely encounter or diagnose infants with Chlamydia trachomatis infections. To investigate the reason for this discrepancy and to improve the recognition of Chlamydia trachomatis-infected infants, we set out to study the risk of vertical transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis in a population-based setting, to describe the typical features of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in infants and to evaluate the occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis in both neonatal conjunctivitis and lower respiratory tract infections in infants. When studying the probability of vertical transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis a search through two national health registers for 1996–2011 yielded 206 children aged less than four years with a possible Chlamydia trachomatis infection. In a cohort of 933 823 births this represented an occurrence of 0.22 per 1000 live births (95% confidence interval 0.19–0.25). The risk of vertical transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis leading to a symptomatic infection in infancy was 0.8–1.8%. A review of patient charts to evaluate the typical features of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in infants (124/206) revealed that one-third of the infants with chlamydial conjunctivitis (33/124) had spontaneous bloody discharge from the infected eyes. Almost half of the infants with chlamydial lower respiratory tract infection (15/32) had wheezing, but the characteristic staccato cough was not recorded in any of them. The median diagnostic delay from the onset of symptoms was 13 (range 4–374) days for conjunctivitis and 25 (range 10–149) days for lower respiratory tract infection. One neglected child developed bilateral corneal scars due to untreated chlamydial conjunctivitis. To investigate the occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis in neonatal conjunctivitis, 173 neonates with clinical conjunctivitis at child health clinics were examined prospectively during 2010–2015 and none of the 163 cases tested had chlamydial or gonococcal conjunctivitis (0%; 95% confidence interval 0%–2.2%). Viral conjunctivitis was diagnosed in 8/167 cases (4.8%; 95% confidence interval 2.1%–9.2%) and non-chlamydial bacterial conjunctivitis in 58/160 (36%; 95% confidence interval 29%–44%). To investigate the occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis in lower respiratory tract infections, 228 infants aged less than six months with lower respiratory tract infection presenting at the paediatric emergency department of Oulu University Hospital were examined prospectively over a period of a complete epidemiological year. One infant (0.4%; 95% confidence interval 0.01%–2.4%) had lower respiratory tract infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and another was diagnosed with whooping cough (0.4%; 95% confidence interval 0.01%–2.4%). The majority of the infants with lower respiratory tract infection (203/228) had a respiratory viral infection. It may be concluded that the risk of mother-to-child transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis leading to a clinical illness in the infant in this era of nucleic acid-based diagnostics was less than 2%, which is significantly lower than in earlier studies. The population-based prevalence of neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis in primary care was less than 2% and that of chlamydial lower respiratory tract infection in a hospital setting less than 2.5%. The long-term prognosis for Chlamydia trachomatis infections in infancy was good. Common respiratory viruses were detected in 5% of the neonatal conjunctivitis casesTiivistelmä Noin 3 %:lla suomalaisista raskaana olevista naisista on klamydian (Chlamydia trachomatis) aiheuttama sukupuolitauti, joka voi tarttua äidistä lapseen synnytyksessä. Tartuntariskin on raportoitu olevan alatiesynnytyksessä noin 10–70 %. Noin 10–30 % tartunnan saaneista lapsista sairastuu silmätulehdukseen ja 0–20 % keuhkokuumeeseen. Vaikka imeväisten klamydiainfektiot ovat useimmiten lieviä tauteja, imeväisiällä sairastettu klamydiainfektio voi aiheuttaa silmän side- ja sarveiskalvon arpeutumista, pitkittynyttä yskää ja keuhkofunktion alenemaa. Aiempien tutkimusten perusteella arvioimme, että Suomessa sairastuu vuosittain noin 200 imeväistä klamydian aiheuttamaan silmätulehdukseen ja noin 100 imeväistä klamydiakeuhkokuumeeseen. Kliininen kokemuksemme on kuitenkin, että kohtaamme klamydiaa sairastavia imeväisiä varsin harvoin. Tämän ongelman ratkaisemiseksi ja klamydiaa sairastavien imeväisten paremmaksi tunnistamiseksi suunnittelimme tutkimuksen, jonka tarkoituksena on selvittää väestöpohjainen riski klamydian tarttumiselle äidistä vastasyntyneeseen, kuvata imeväisten klamydiainfektioiden tyypilliset piirteet sekä selvittää klamydian osuus imeväisten silmätulehduksissa ja alle kuuden kuukauden ikäisten imeväisten alahengitystieinfektioissa. Klamydian sairastaneet lapset poimittiin kahdesta suomalaisesta terveydenhuoltorekisteristä vuosina 1996–2011. Tuona aikana 206 lasta oli sairastanut mahdollisen klamydiainfektion, joten klamydian ilmaantuvuus oli 0,22/1000:tta elävänä syntynyttä kohti (95 % luottamusväli 0,19–0,25). Väestöpohjainen riski äidin sukupuoliklamydian tarttumiselle vastasyntyneeseen niin että lapselle aiheutuu oireinen infektio oli 0,8–1,8 %. Saatavilla olevien potilasasiakirjojen (124/206) perusteella kolmasosalla (33/124) imeväisistä, jotka sairastivat klamydian aiheuttamaa silmätulehdusta, oli oireena spontaani verinen kyynel- tai rähmäerite. Klamydiakeuhkokuumetta sairastavista puolella (15/32) esiintyi hengityksen vinkumista, mutta klamydiakeuhkokuumeelle tyypillistä hakkaavaa yskää (”staccato-yskä”) ei todettu yhdelläkään imeväisellä. Diagnostinen viive oli verrattain pitkä: 13 päivää (vaihteluväli 4–374) silmätulehduksessa ja 25 päivää (vaihteluväli 10–149) keuhkokuumeessa. Yhdelle laiminlyödylle lapselle kehittyi molemminpuoliset sarveiskalvoarvet hoitamattoman klamydiainfektion seurauksena. Vastasyntyneen silmätulehdustutkimukseen rekrytoitiin 173 alle 30 päivän ikäistä lasta Oulun kaupungin lastenneuvoloissa vuosina 2010–2015. Klamydian tai tippurin aiheuttamaa silmätulehdusta ei todettu yhdelläkään 163:sta tutkitusta vauvasta (0 %; 95 % luottamusväli 0 %–2,2 %). Viruksen aiheuttama silmätulehdus todettiin kahdeksalla vauvalla (4,8 %; 95 % luottamusväli 2,1 %–9,2 %) ja jonkin muun bakteerin kuin klamydian aiheuttama silmätulehdus 58:lla vauvalla (36 %; 95 % luottamusväli 29 %–44 %). Imeväisten alahengitystieinfektiotutkimukseen rekrytoitiin 228 alle kuuden kuukauden ikäistä imeväistä yliopistosairaalan lastenpäivystyksessä yhden epidemiologisen vuoden aikana. Klamydian aiheuttama hengitystieinfektio diagnosoitiin yhdellä imeväisellä (0,4 %; 95 % luottamusväli 0,01 %–2,4 %) ja hinkuyskä niin ikään yhdellä (0,4 %; 95 % luottamusväli 0,01 %–2,4 %). Valtaosalla (203/228) alahengitystieinfektio-oireisista imeväisistä oli viruksen aiheuttama infektio. Yhteenvetona voimme todeta, että klamydia tarttui äidistä lapseen alle 2 %:ssa synnytyksistä, mikä on huomattavasti harvinaisempaa kuin aiemmin on luultu. Klamydian aiheuttamien silmätulehdusten esiintyvyys oli alle 2 % ja alahengitystieinfektioiden alle 2,5 % alueemme lapsiväestössä. Klamydian aiheuttamat pitkäaikaishaitat olivat harvinaisia. Tavallisten hengitystievirusten osuus vastasyntyneiden silmätulehduksissa oli 5 %
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Nolte, Jeanine Lucasta. "The formulation and refinement of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for early diagnosis of paediatric HIV infection and genetic analysis of variants involved in vertical transmission of HIV-1." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26361.
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Paediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a major socio-economic health problem in recent years as the number of HIV-1 infected children steadily increases. The majority of these infants are infected through mother-to-child transmission, with the frequency of vertical transmission varying between 12,9% and 65%. In order to implement appropriate management and possible treatment of these infected neonates, it is essential to have reliable laboratory tests for the early diagnosis of an HIV infection. At the time that this study was initiated, the diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in the Groote Schuur Hospital Virology Laboratory depended almost exclusively on serological assays. Such assays are of limited value for infants under 18 months of age, as maternal lgG antibody to HIV-1 is transferred via the placenta and may persist in the baby for up to 18 months. Available lgG antibody tests do not distinguish reliably between passively acquired maternal antibody and that produced by the infant itself. A valuable method of establishing the presence of true infection is provided by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique which allows the identification, and subsequent exponential amplification of low levels of specific viral nucleic acid using specific oligonucleotide primers. A major aim of this study was to develop and instigate a (PCR) assay for the early diagnosis of HIV infection in infected infants. This was successfully achieved by the adaptation and optimization of an existing standard PCR protocol to suit the specific needs of a routine diagnostic service. Preliminary requirements involved the selection of primers and probes and establishing optimal parameters for: ionic strength, Taq DNA polymerase concentration, primer concentration, deoxynucleotide triphosphate concentration, and hybridization conditions for most efficient functioning of the test. The devised method entailed the extraction of proviral DNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, amplification of HIV-1 specific sequences by PCR, and identification by Southern blot hybridization with digoxigenin (DIG)-labelled probes. Thereafter the efficacy of the assay was tested on 45 infants (under 15 months of age) all born to seropositive mothers and therefore at risk for HIV infection. Forty-two of these infants had antibodies to HIV-1 and the remaining 3 were seronegative. The latter 3 also tested negative for HIV proviral DNA when PCR was performed, using at least 2 different HIV-1 primer pairs and their respective DIG-labelled probes. However, 27 (64%) of the 42 seropositive infants were also HIV-PCR positive and the remaining 15 (36%) seropositive infants were negative for HIV proviral DNA. Positive PCR tests correlated well with clinical data indicative of active HIV-1 infection for the majority of infants in the neonatal period, although it could not provide proof of infection in newborn babies (less than 1 week of age). The development of an in-house PCR protocol specific for HIV-1 has not only provided a valuable diagnostic assay for neonatal infection, but has also given insight into the parameters required for high sensitivity and the stringent precautionary measures that need to be applied to avoid contamination problems. The second part of this study was devoted to DNA sequence analysis of cloned HIV isolates from an infected mother and her 3-month-old infant. Nucleotide sequence variation between isolates of HIV-1 has been well documented. Examination of the third variable region (particularly the V3- loop) in the env gene of HIV-1 of our mother-infant pair confirmed this variation and provided the first genetic epidemiological data of this nature in the local community. Proviral DNA from both mother and baby was amplified using V3-specific degenerate primers and cloned. Clones containing the insert DNA were 2 identified by colony-blot hybridization. Their nucleotide and amino acid sequences were analyzed by using various computer programs. The degree of similarity between variants from the mother and infant in this study differed to a large extent from previous studies. The virus population harboured by the mother displayed highly homogeneous V3 sequences (1,04% variation) compared to the isolates from her 3-month-old infant, which showed a higher degree (1,8%) of heterogeneity. Phylogenetic analysis of the different isolates from mother and infant demonstrated that an HIV-1 subtype C virus was the infectious agent. This classification was confirmed by the characteristic amino-acid sequence of the tetrapeptide motif of the V3 loop present in the isolates from both mother and infant as well as the absence of a potential N-linked glycosylation site proximal to the first cysteine of the V3 loop, which is characteristic of subtype C viruses. Based on the amino acids present at positions 306 and 320 of the V3 loop, it could also be concluded that isolates from both the mother and her baby were consistent with the non-syncytium inducing (NSI) phenotype of HIV-1, thus indicating that, contrary to popular belief, NSI variants can be responsible for initiating infection. Data obtained from these genetic investigations of variants involved in vertical transmission of HIV-1 can form a useful basis for future comparative studies.
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Karami, Nahid. "Antibiotic resistance and fitness of Escherichia coli in the infantile commensal microbiota /." Göteborg : Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Göteborg University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/4418.
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Paixão, Paulo Jorge Pereira Cruz. "Contributo para o estudo da infecção congénita pelo vírus citomegálico em Portugal." Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5101.
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O vírus citomegálico humano (CMV) é o principal agente de infecção congénita,
atingindo cerca de 0.2 a 2.2% de todos os recém-nascidos. As crianças que nascem
infectadas por este vírus têm cerca de 11% a 12.7% de probabilidades de apresentarem
sintomas e sinais de doença citomegálica ao nascimento, podendo cerca de 40 a 58%
destas virem a apresentar sequelas neurológicas permanentes. Das crianças infectadas
que terão infecção assintomática no período neo-natal, 5 a 15% poderão vir igualmente
a sofrer de sequelas tardias, sobretudo a surdez ou o atraso mental.
Em Portugal, desconhece-se a dimensão deste problema. O primeiro objectivo desta
dissertação foi, desta forma, a determinação da prevalência através do recurso aos
cartões do diagnóstico precoce (“Guthrie cards”), utilizando uma técnica de nested-PCR
dirigida para o vírus. Foram estudados 3600 cartões, seleccionados de todo o território
nacional (continente e ilhas), de uma forma proporcional ao número de nascimentos em
cada distrito, dos quais 38 foram positivos, o que dá uma prevalência de 1.05%
(intervalo de confiança para 95%: 0.748-1.446).
A revisão sobre a experiência acumulada nos últimos 15 anos, na área do
diagnóstico pré-natal, juntamente com um estudo adicional sobre a técnica da avidez,
permitiu retirar algumas ilações, nomeadamente que este diagnóstico constitui uma
arma diagnostica fiável para a avaliação pré-natal desta infecção congénita e que a
selecção dos casos para amniocentese deverá obedecer a indicações serológicas
precisas, como a “seroconversão para IgG” ou a “IgM confirmada” (devendo o método
de confirmação ser a avidez das IgG com um índice <0,6) e as alterações ecográficas de
etiologia não esclarecida.
A possibilidade de utilizar pools de urinas para detectar a infecção congénita por
CMV foi abordada na terceira parte do trabalho experimental. A metodologia aí descrita
teve correlação total com o método de referência, permitindo uma redução bastante
significativa nos tempos de execução e nos custos em consumíveis, pelo que abre a
possibilidade da sua utilização para o rastreio da infecção congénita por CMV nos
recém-nascidos.
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Borrego, Luís Miguel Nabais. "Crianças com sibilância recorrente: estudo de função respiratória, avaliação imunológica e polimorfismos genéticos." Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5149.
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Nos últimos anos têm sido identificados vários factores de risco para asma brônquica
em crianças com sibilância recorrente, não se encontrando clara a importância da
avaliação funcional respiratória nestas crianças. De igual modo, têm sido documentados resultados contraditórios na avaliação imunológica das populações de células reguladoras bem como na expressão de polimorfismos para a asma. O objectivo deste
estudo consistiu na avaliação e comparação de parâmetros de avaliação funcional
respiratória, imunológica e de polimorfismos genéticos em crianças entre 8 e 20 meses
de idade, com três ou mais episódios de sibilância (n=50), sem qualquer terapêutica
anti-inflamatória prévia, diagnosticados por um médico, com e sem factores de risco
para asma brônquica (história de asma parental ou história pessoal de eczema ou pelo menos dois dos seguintes: história pessoal de rinite alérgica, sibilância fora do contexto infeccioso e contagem de eosinófilos no sangue periférico > 4%), comparados com um grupo controlo (n=30). Nestas crianças foram efectuadas provas de função respiratória em volume corrente e em volume aumentado através de técnicas de compressão torácica, avaliação de populações celulares por citometria de fluxo, expressão de citocinas por mARN em culturas de células estimuladas com PMA (leitura às 24 horas)
e com extractos de ácaros do pó doméstico (leitura ao 7º dia) e expressão de
polimorfismos para alguns genes associados a asma (ADAM 33, DPP10, GPRA). Na comparação entre as crianças com sibilância recorrente em relação ao grupo controlo foram observadas reduções significativas nos Z-scores para FVC (diferença média [95%
IC]: -0,7 [-1,2; -0,1], p=0,01), FEV0.5 (-1,0 [-1,5; -0,5], p=0,0001), FEF75 (-0,6
[-1,0; -0,2], p=0,0001) e FEF25-75 (-0,8 [-1,2; -0,4], p=0,0001), bem como valores
significativamente mais baixos para a quantificação do número absoluto de
CD4+CD25forte (-47,9 [-89,6; -6,1], p=0,03), do número absoluto e percentual de
CD4+CD25+CTLA-4 (p=0,0001) e da expressão de CTLA-4 (p=0,03) e IFN- (p=0,04)
nas culturas com extractos de ácaros. As crianças sibilantes com alto risco para asma
tinham, em relação ao grupo sem factores de risco, Z-scores significativamente mais
baixos para FVC (-0,7 [-1,4; -0,04], p=0,04) e FEF25-75 (-0,6 [-1,2; -0,1], p=0,03),2
valores significativamente inferiores do número absoluto das populações CD4+CD25+
(-118,8 [-210,0; -27,5], p=0,01) e CD4+CD25forte (-56,2 [-109,9; -2,5], p=0,04) e ainda uma expressão diminuída de IFN- (p=0,03) em culturas de células estimuladas com extractos de ácaros. Foram encontradas diferenças na expressão de polimorfismos para
os genes GPRA e ADAM 33, não sendo possível tecer extrapolações pelo reduzido número de crianças em estudo. As crianças com sibilância recorrente e alto risco de
asma apresentavam alterações na avaliação funcional respiratória, bem como no número
absoluto de populações celulares com função reguladora e na expressão de IFN- em
culturas celulares estimuladas com extractos de ácaros. Estes resultados realçam a
eventual importância da avaliação das provas de função respiratória e de parâmetros
imunológicos, em crianças com sibilância recorrente e alto risco clínico para asma, nos primeiros dois anos de vida, apesar da sua controversa aplicabilidade individual. O
seguimento prospectivo destas crianças poderá aferir o seu valor preditivo para asma em idade escolar.
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Fischler, Björn. "Neonatal cholestasis : clinical and aetiological aspects, with special reference to viral infections transmitted from mother to infant /." Stockholm, 1998. http://diss.kib.ki.se/1998/91-628-3259-X.
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Korngold, Caleb Bosler. "Febrile Infants and Common Respiratory Viruses: Epidemiology and Clinical Implications." Yale University, 2009. http://ymtdl.med.yale.edu/theses/available/etd-03062009-075645/.
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Fever in infants younger than 2 months of age causes a significant number of emergency department visits and is particularly worrisome because of the potential for serious infection. Management of febrile infants is problematic because clinical observation is not a reliable indicator of serious bacterial illness (SBI), such as bacteremia, meningitis, and urinary tract infection (UTI). Numerous investigators have proposed methods of screening laboratory tests to ascertain the risk of SBI in febrile infants. These screening tests could potentially avoid the invasive and costly sepsis work-up, which usually includes complete blood count (CBC), blood culture, urinalysis, urine culture, and lumbar puncture. We conducted a prospective, cross-sectional study that examined the prevalence of rhinovirus (RV) and coronavirus (CoV), which are two of the most common causes of upper respiratory infections in the first year of life, and human metapneumovirus (hMPV), which is a common cause of bronchiolitis, in infants younger than 2 months of age. This study also examined whether febrile infants with RV were more or less likely to also have a SBI than infants without a viral respiratory infection. Methodology: Fever was defined as rectal temperatures greater than 37.9C or a historical fever greater than 100.3F. Nasal swabs were tested with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR) techniques for rhinoviruses (RV), human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and coronaviruses (CoV). Nasal samples were also tested for RSV, influenza A and B, parainfluenza types 1, 2 and 3, and adenovirus via direct fluorescent antibody (DFA). Conclusion: Rhinovirus (RV) was the most commonly detected respiratory viral pathogen in our cohort (14% out of 98 total enrolled patients). Coronovirus (CoV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) were both detected but in only one patient (1%) each. RV occurred predominantly in the summer (79%). This cohort of patients showed no difference between the incidence of serious bacterial illness (SBI) with and without RV infection (p=0.84).
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Milcent, Karen. "Outils diagnostiques pour la reconnaissance des infections bactériennes sévères chez les nourrissons fébriles âgés de moins de trois mois consultant aux urgences pédiatriques." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015SACLS224/document.
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Les nourrissons âgés de moins de trois mois ont la particularité d’être à relativement haut risque d’infections bactériennes sévères (IBS), majoritairement représentées par les infections urinaires et en particulier celles plus invasives (IBI) que sont les méningites et les bactériémies. On ne dispose actuellement pas d’outil suffisamment fiable et d’un rapport coût-bénéfice bien évalué pour différencier les nourrissons fébriles porteurs d’une affection virale banale de ceux porteurs d’une infection bactérienne.Le travail doctoral avait pour objectifs d’évaluer l’épidémiologie et les pratiques de prise en charge françaises des infections bactériennes de l’enfant fébrile âgé de moins de trois mois admis aux urgences pédiatriques ainsi que des outils diagnostiques, tels que la bandelette urinaire et la procalcitonine dans cette population. Plus de 2000 nourrissons ont été inclus dans une étude prospective observationnelle multicentrique (PRONOUR) sur une période de trente mois d’octobre 2008 à Mars 2011.Nous avons dans un premier temps décrit les modalités de prise en charge de ces jeunes nourrissons fébriles et montré que les pratiques étaient hétérogènes entre les centres participants et variaient par rapport aux recommandations existantes.Nous avons dans un second temps, étudié les pratiques de dépistage des infections urinaires, IBS la plus fréquente dans cette tranche d’âge, et en particulier les performances de la bandelette urinaire. La majorité des urines étaient prélevées par poche collectrice et la bandelette urinaire avait une sensibilité pour la détection d’infection urinaire comparable à celle de l’analyse par microscopie avec cette méthode de recueil.Puis, nous avons réévalué les performances des algorithmes décisionnels existants pour la détection des enfants à faible risque d’IBS dans une nouvelle population (PRONOUR). Nous avons montré qu’ils avaient une valeur prédictive négative satisfaisante comme précédemment décrit, mais une faible valeur prédictive positive pour la distinction des enfants porteurs ou non d’une IBS.Enfin, les performances de la procalcitonine (PCT) dans la détection des IBS et IBI ont été calculées et comparées avec celles d’autres marqueurs inflammatoires usuels. La capacité discriminative de la PCT était excellente pour le diagnostique d’IBI et meilleure que celles des autres marqueurs inflammatoires. Pour la détection d’une IBS, la PCT avait des performances similaires à celles de la C-réactive protein.La prise en charge des nourrissons fébriles âgés de moins de trois mois est hétérogène et pourrait être améliorée par de nouveaux outils prédictifs La prise en charge des nourrissons fébriles âgés de moins de trois mois est hétérogène et pourrait être améliorée par de nouveaux outils prédictifs tels que l’utilisation de la procalcitonine et de la bandelette urinaire dans cette tranche d’âgeThe prevalence of severe bacterial infections (SBI),mainly represented by urinary tract infections is relatively high in infants less than three months of age and particularly those more invasive (IBI) that are meningitis and bacteremia. Current strategies to distinguish young infants with SBIs from those with viral infections are not absolutely reliable and their cost-effectiveness and the associated iatrogenic morbidity have not been extensively evaluated.The purposes of the study were to characterize the spectrum of disease, clinical outcomes and management of febrile infants aged three months or younger admitted to pediatric emergency department in France and to evaluate the performances of diagnostics tests that are urinary dipstick test and procalcitonin assay in this population. A prospective multicenter cohort study was conducted in 15 French pediatric emergency departments over a period of 30 months between October 2008 and March 2011(PRONOUR). More than 2000 infants were enrolled.First, we have described the management of these young febrile infants. We have showed that practices were heterogeneous between the participating centers and varied from the current guidelines.We have analyzed screening strategies of urinary tract infection, the most common SBI in this age group, and in particular we aimed to assess the test performances of urine dipstick test. Most of urine specimens were collected by bag. Dipstick tests on bag urine samples detected urinary tract infections in infants aged 7 to 92 days similarly to microscopy.Then, we have re-evaluated the performances of current strategies for identifying infants at low risk for SBI in a new population (PRONOUR). We have showed that current protocols maintained their good previously reported negative predictive values but have low positive predictive values to detect young infants with SBIs.Finally, the performances parameters of procalcitonine (PCT) for detecting SBI and IBI in this population were calculated and compared with usual biomarkers. Procalcitonin has better diagnostic accuracy than CRP for detecting IBI. The two tests perform similarly for identifying SBI in febrile infants aged 7 to 91 days.The management of febrile infants less than three months of age varied between centers should be improved by new predictive tests. The performance of PCT testing should encourage the development of decision-making rules incorporating PCT and urinary dipstick test
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Piedade, Cátia Marina Rodrigues da. "Etiologia das infeções respiratórias virais em crianças em idade pré-escolar." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. UNL, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9999.
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RESUMO: Os vírus respiratórios continuam a ocupar um papel relevante na morbilidade e mortalidade infantil, tendo na última década sido alargado o espectro de vírus potencialmente causadores das infeções respiratórias. O diagnóstico destas infeções
pode ser efetuado por várias metodologias, sendo as técnicas de biologia molecular
consideradas as mais sensíveis para este fim.
No âmbito do Projeto Ambiente e Saúde em Creches e Infantários (ENVIRH) foi efetuada uma comparação da prevalência dos principais vírus respiratórios em crianças em idade pré-escolar, com critérios de infeção respiratória, recorrendo a técnicas de biologia molecular, em duas populações: crianças que se encontravam na escola/domicilio e crianças que recorreram a uma urgência hospitalar.
O estudo decorreu em dois períodos, de Fevereiro a Maio de 2011 e de Outubro
de 2011 a Abril de 2012. Foram efetuadas duas colheitas de zaragatoas, uma nasal e
outra orofaríngea. A metodologia utilizada para a identificação viral nas amostras foi a
PCR e RT-PCR multiplex em tempo real. Os vírus pesquisados foram: Influenza A e B,
Parainfluenza 1-4, Metapneumovirus humano, Vírus Sincicial respiratório (VSR),
Rinovírus, Enterovírus, Coronavírus e Bocavirus.
Foram realizadas 100 colheitas em crianças com idades compreendidas entre os
5 meses e os 5 anos. Foram obtidas 64 amostras dos infantários/domicílios, das quais 47 foram positivas. Da urgência Hospitalar obtiveram-se 36 amostras, em que 32 foram positivas. O vírus da gripe A (H3) foi o mais frequentemente detetado nas duas
populações, mas apenas durante o surto de 2012. O VSR e os adenovírus foram mais
frequentes nas crianças que recorreram ao hospital, ao contrário dos enterovirus e dos
coronavírus, que não foram detetados nesta população. Os bocavirus nunca foram
detetados isoladamente.
Este estudo reforça a importância de se utilizarem técnicas de biologia molecular
para o diagnóstico etiológico das infeções respiratórias, devido à elevada sensibilidade
das mesmas, o que se reflete na elevada percentagem de amostras positivas. O facto de
se utilizarem técnicas “multiplex”, que permitem a pesquisa simultânea de vários vírus, facilita a deteção de um maior espectro destes agentes. A elevada prevalência de Influenza A H3N2 deveu-se ao facto de grande parte do estudo ter coincidido com um período de surto por este vírus. O sistema de alerta montado durante o projeto ENVIRH pareceu promissor para uma eventual utilização futura em períodos de atividade gripal.--------------ABSTRACT: In the last decade, as respiratory viruses keep representing a relevant factor in
child morbidity and mortality, the spectrum of viruses that may potentially cause
respiratory infections has been widened. Within the several methodologies that may be
applied in the diagnosis of these types of infections, the ones that use molecular biology
are considered to be the most sensitive.
The Environment and Health in Daycares and Nurseries Project (ENVIRH)
arranged for a study, by means of molecular biology techniques, on the main respiratory
viruses' influence in pre-school aged children with respiratory infection symptoms. This study compared children in two different populations: children at school or at home and children that were taken to a hospital emergency service.
The study was conducted in two different time periods, one from February to May 2011 and the other from October 2011 to April 2012. During this time, two swab collections were held, one nasal and one oropharyngeal. PCR and RT-PCR multiplex in real time techniques were used for viral identification of the samples, searching for the viruses Influenza A and B, Parainfluenza 1-4, human Metapneumovirus, Respiratory
Sincytial Virus (RSV), Rhinovirus, Enterovirus, Coronavirus and Bocavirus.
One hundred (100) collections were held in children between the ages of 5 months and 5 years, sixty-four (64) at home/school and thirty-six (36) at the hospital's emergency service. From a total of seventy-nine (79) positive samples, forty-seven (47)
were obtained at home/school and thirty-two (32) at the hospital. The virus detected the
most in both populations was the Influenza A (H3), but only during the outbreak of
2012. Unlike the enteroviruses and coronaviruses, that were not detected within this population, the RSV and the adenoviruses were most common within the children at the hospital. Bocaviruses were never detected isolated from other viruses.
The high percentage of positive samples reinforces the significance of using
molecular biology techniques for the etiological diagnosis of respiratory infections. The use of multiplex techniques, that make the simultaneous search for multiple viruses possible, enhances the detection of a larger spectrum of such agents. Most of the study coincided with an outbreak of the Influenza A H3N2 virus, thus explaining the high number of its cases identified. The alert system set up during the ENVIRH project looked promising enough for eventual periods of flu activity in the future.
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Wu, Lucy Mimi. "Antiretroviral prophylaxis for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV through breastfeeding: asystematic review and meta-analysis of infant treatment regimens." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48426581.
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A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of different infant antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis regimens for prevention of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in breastfeeding infants who were born to HIV positive mothers but were HIV uninfected at birth.
The systematic review of the literature published during January 2000 to April 2012 resulted in ten randomized and controlled clinical studies which met the study inclusion criteria. Two datasets were identified from the ten selected clinical trials. One dataset contains six studies evaluating short-course ARV prophylaxis regimens, and the second dataset contains four studies evaluating short-course versus extended ARV prophylaxis regimens.
The odds ratio was used as the effect size to measure the efficacy between two comparative infant ARV prophylaxis regimens. Meta-analyses were conducted to assess the overall (pooled) treatment effect of the two comparative infant ARV prophylaxis regimens of the two datasets. The pooled ARV treatment effect was calculated as a weighted average of the effect estimated in the individual studies. If no heterogeneity was identified, a fixed-effect meta-analysis by the Mantel-Haenszel method was used. The random-effects method was used when there was heterogeneity in the meta-analysis. The inverse-variance method was used in the random-effects method of meta-analysis. Heterogeneity in the meta-analysis was accessed by the Chi-squared (χ2) test and I2 test. The combined sample size of all ten clinical trials was a total of 10,316 breastfeeding infants, and the overall postnatal HIV transmission rate regardless of ARV regimens and the timing of HIV infection status was approximately 8.7%. The overall HIV transmission rates of the short-course ARV prophylaxis regimen groups were 10.3% at 4-8 weeks and 9.0% at 6-9 months, respectively. The overall late postnatal HIV transmission rate (at 6-9 months after birth) was 5.5% in the extended ARV prophylaxis regimen group. The first dataset contains six randomized and controlled studies to evaluate the efficacy outcome (defined as the unadjusted HIV infection status at 4-8 weeks after birth) of two short-course infant ARV prophylaxis regimens, the nevirapine (NVP) regimen and the zidovudine (ZDV) with or without combination of lamivudine (3TC) or NVP regimen. Due to the existence of substantial heterogeneity, a random-effects method was used to test for the overall treatment effect. The results show that there was no significant difference between the two short-course infant ARV prophylaxis regimens (odds ratio:1.07; 95% CI: 0.69-1.66; Z=0.31, p=0.76). The results of the meta-analysis of five comparative short-course versus extended infant ARV prophylaxis regimens from four randomized and controlled clinical trials, demonstrate a favorable efficacy outcome (defined as the unadjusted HIV infection status at 6-9 months after birth), of the extended ARV regimens. There was no heterogeneity found in this dataset. There was a highly significant difference in the overall effect between the two ARV prophylaxis regimens by a fixed-effect model (odds ratio: 1.72; 95% CI:1.45-2.04; Z=0.68, p<0.00001). In summary, there was no significant difference in the overall treatment effect in reducing the early postnatal MTCT of HIV infection by infant short-course regimens of ARV prophylaxis, which include NVP, ZDV and their combination regimens. In comparison with the short-course ARV regimens, the extended ARV prophylaxis further reduced the risk of the late postnatal MTCT of HIV infection in breastfeeding infants.published_or_final_version
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Nurhaeni, Nani. "Assessment of the feasibility of modifying risk factors for acute respiratory infection in children under five years of age in West Java, Indonesia /." St. John's, NF : [s.n.], 2001.
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Myléus, Anna. "Towards explaining the Swedish epidemic of celiac disease : an epidemiological approach." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-57831.
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Background: Celiac disease occurs worldwide in approximately 1% of the population, whereof the majority of cases are undiagnosed. Sweden experienced an epidemic (1984-1996) of clinically detected celiac disease in children below 2 years of age, partly attributed to changes in infant feeding. Whether the epidemic constituted a change in disease occurrence and/or a shift in the proportion of diagnosed cases remains unknown. Moreover, the cause of the epidemic is not fully understood. Objective: To increase the knowledge regarding the occurrence of celiac disease in Sweden, with focus on the epidemic period and thereafter, as well as the etiology of celiac disease in general, by investigating the Swedish epidemic and its potential causes. Methods: We performed a two-phased cross-sectional multicenter screening study investigating the total prevalence, including both clinically- and screening-detected cases, of celiac disease in 2 birth cohorts of 12-year-olds (n=13 279): 1 of the epidemic period (1993) and 1 of the post-epidemic period (1997). The screening strategy entailed serological markers analyses, with subsequent small intestinal biopsy when values were positive. Diagnosis was ascertained in clinical cases detected prior to screening. Infant feeding practices in the cohorts were ascertained via questionnaires. An ecological approach combined with an incident case-referent study (475 cases, 950 referents) performed during the epidemic were used for investigating environmental- and lifestyle factors other than infant feeding. Exposure information was obtained via register data, a questionnaire, and child health clinic records. All studies utilized the National Swedish Childhood Celiac Disease Register. Results: The total prevalences of celiac disease were 2.9% and 2.2% for the 1993 and 1997 cohorts, respectively, with 2/3 cases unrecognized prior to screening. Children born in 1997 had a significantly lower celiac disease prevalence compared to those born in 1993 (prevalence ratio, 0.75; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.60-0.93). The cohorts differed in infant feeding; more specifically in the proportion of infants introduced to dietary gluten in small amounts during ongoing breastfeeding. Of the environmental and lifestyle factors investigated, no additional changes over time coincided with the epidemic. Early vaccinations within the Swedish program were not risk factors for celiac disease. Early infections (≥3 parental-reported episodes) were associated with increased risk for celiac disease (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-2.0), a risk that increased synergistically if, in addition to having ≥3 infectious episodes, the child was introduced to gluten in large amounts, compared to small or medium amounts, after breastfeeding was discontinued (OR 5.6; 95% CI, 3.1-10). Early infections probably made a minor contribution to the Swedish epidemic through the synergistic effect with gluten, which changed concurrently. In total, approximately 48% of the epidemic could be explained by infant feeding and early infections. Conclusion: Celiac disease is both unexpectedly prevalent and mainly undiagnosed in Swedish children. Although the cause of the epidemic is still not fully understood, the significant difference in prevalence between the 2 cohorts indicates that the epidemic constituted a change in disease occurrence, and importantly, corroborates that celiac disease can be avoided in some children, at least up to 12 years of age. Our findings suggest that infant feeding and early infections, but not early vaccinations, have a causal role in the celiac disease etiology and that the infant feeding practice – gradually introducing gluten-containing foods from 4 months of age, preferably during ongoing breastfeeding – is favorable.
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Campos, Ana Rita Silva Gama. "Transmissão do vírus citomegálico através do aleitamento materno em prematuros." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7714.
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RESUMO: Nas últimas quatro décadas, desenvolveram-se vários estudos, dispersos por todo o mundo, visando analisar a importância da transmissão perinatal do CMV pelo leite materno, nos recém-nascidos prematuros e de baixo peso à nascença. Comparando estes estudos, as taxas de incidência de infecção e doença são extremamente variáveis, não havendo consenso entre os autores. Surgiu, assim, a necessidade de realizar a presente
dissertação, pioneira ao nível nacional, com o objectivo de determinar a incidência da
infecção perinatal citomegálica, transmitida através do aleitamento materno a recémnascidos prematuros, e identificar as suas consequências clínicas.
Para a elaboração deste trabalho foram seleccionados todos os recém-nascidos com
idade gestacional inferior a 35 semanas e respectivas mães seropositivas para CMV,
internados na Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos de Neonatalogia do Hospital de São
Francisco Xavier, entre o período de 1 de Outubro de 2010 e 31 Julho de 2011.
Foram analisadas as urinas dos recém-nascidos e o leite materno das mães na primeira, sexta e décima segunda semana pós-parto, utilizando a técnica de Nested-PCR e, posteriormente, a PCR em Tempo Real, para determinar a carga viral do leite materno.
Constatou-se que a aquisição da infecção perinatal de CMV no recém-nascido
prematuro ocorre com alguma frequência (40,5%), sendo muito provável que a via de
transmissão em 38,1% destes casos seja o leite materno infectado, não devendo esta ser
desvalorizada. Relativamente às consequências clínicas, não foram observadas
alterações clínico-laboratoriais associadas à infecção citomegálica.
Analisando os factores que condicionam a transmissão da infecção citomegálica
perinatal, estabeleceu-se uma correlação entre a carga viral do leite materno e a
transmissão do vírus, permitindo deduzir que quanto maior a carga viral, maior o risco
de transmissão.
Finalmente, os resultados obtidos sugerem que o risco de transmissão da infecção e suas
consequências clínicas não justificam a contra-indicação da amamentação, pois esta
comporta, também, elevados benefícios.
----------------ABSTRACT: In the last four decades, several studies were developed all over the world to analyze the importance of CMV perinatal transmission through mother´s milk in the preterm and low birthweight newborns. Comparing these studies, the infection and disease incidence rates are extremely variable, without agreement between the authors. The aim of this
study, the first of the kind made in Portugal, is to define the rate of perinatal
cytomegalovirus infection in preterm newborns via breastfeeding and its clinical
consequences.
All the newborns with gestational age below 35 weeks and their CMV seropositive
mothers, admitted between the October 1, 2010 and July 31, 2011 in the Neonatology
Intensive Care Unit of the São Francisco Xavier Hospital, were included in this study.
Human breast milk and urine specimens were collected from mothers and their preterms
infants around the 1st, 6th and 12th week after delivery and analyzed by Nested-PCR. The PCR in Real Time was used to determine the breast milk viral load.
It was found that the CMV perinatal infection in preterm infants occurs in 40,5% of the cases and most likely 38,1% of these were infected via breastmilk and therefore this should not be overlooked. Considering the clinical consequences, no clinical and
laboratory changes associated with cytomegalovirus infection were observed.
Analyzing the factors that determine the perinatal transmission of the cytomegalovirus,
it was established a correlation between breast milk viral load and viral transmission, allowing to conclude that the higher the viral load the greater the risk of transmission.
Finally, the obtained results suggest that the risk of CMV infection and its clinical
consequences don´t justify the breastfeeding contraindication because it also provides
high benefits.
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Björkqvist, Maria. "Coagulase-negative staphylococci septicaemia in newborns : aspects on host-bacterial interactions with special regard to neutrophil and endothelial response /." Linköping : Univ, 2004. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2004/med861s.pdf.
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Walker, Kate. "Trends in birthweight and infant weights : relationships between early undernutrition, skin lesions, streptococcal infections and renal disease in an Aboriginal community /." Connect to thesis, 1996. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/2406.
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Undernutrition in prevalent in Aboriginal communities, in utero, infancy and childhood. It influences childhood morbidity and mortality and growth patterns. Undernutrition and poor socio-economic status also contribute to endemic and epidemic infectious disease, including scabies and streptococcal infection. It has been suggested that early undernutrition, and streptococcal and scabies infection are risk factors for renal disease, which is at epidemic levels and increasing. This thesis examines the prevalence of undernutrition in newborns and infants in an Aboriginal community over time, and its impact on childhood growth and child and adult renal markers. The association between skin lesions, streptococcal serology, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) and renal markers as evaluated through a community wide screening program in 1992-1995 is also examined. Birthweights have increased since the 1960s, but they are still much lower than the non-Aboriginal values. Weights in infancy have decreased since the 1960s. At screening in childhood stunting was common, reflecting the presence of long-term poor nutrition in infancy. In both adults and children, birth weight and infant weights were negatively associated with albuminuria measured by the albumin to creatine ratio (ACR).
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Ikeakanam, Ottilie Tangeni Omuwa. "Infant feeding practices in the prevention of mother to child transmission in Onandjokwe district hospital, Namibia." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17794.
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Thesis (MCur)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The impact of infant feeding practices in the prevention of mother-to-childtransmission of HIV raised concerns in the field of health services. Breast feeding adds an additional 15-30% risk of HIV transmission to the infant; therefore, mothers who are HIV-positive are in need of information regarding safe infant feeding. A descriptive design for this particular study was applied with a primary quantitative approach. A convenient sample of sixty (n=60) participants between the ages of 15 – 37 were taken from subjects that enrolled in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme in Onandjokwe district. The sample formed 85% of the target population (N=71). A structured questionnaire with closed and openended questions was used and completed by the researcher. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch. Permission to conduct the research was obtained from the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia, and the Onandjokwe district Hospital. A pilot study was conducted that constituted 25% of the sample. Validity and reliability was insured by the pilot study and the consultation of an expert in HIV research and an expert in nursing research. The presentation of results was mostly descriptive in nature by using frequency tables and a pie chart. The results showed that all participants (n=60/100%) were offered HIV counselling and testing during antenatal care. Mothers who were HIV positive knew that there is a possibility that the baby might be infected through breast milk. Furthermore, the study found that 70% (n=42) of participants used breast feeding exclusively, 20% (n=12) used replacement feeding and 10% (n=6) used mixed feeding practices. It was concluded that pregnant women and mothers known to be HIV-infected should be informed of the infant feeding practice recommended by the national or subnational authority to improve HIV-free survival of HIV-exposed infants. This includes information about the risks and benefits of various infant feeding options based on local assessments and guidance in selecting the most suitable option for their own situation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die invloed van voedingspraktyke vir babas by die voorkoming van moeder-na-kindoordrag van die menslike immuungebrekvirus (MIV) het kommer op die gebied van gesondheidsdienste laat ontstaan. Borsvoeding dra ’n addisionele 15–30% risiko van MIV-oordrag tot die baba by en daarom benodig moeders wat MIV-positief is inligting ten opsigte van veilige voeding van hulle babas. 'n Beskrywende ontwerp vir hierdie besondere studie is gebruik tesame met 'n primêr kwantitatiewe benadering. 'n Gerieflikheidsteekproef van sestig (n=60) deelnemers tussen die ouderdomme 15–37 jaar is gekies uit persone wat ingeskryf het vir die voorkoming van moeder-na-kind-oordrag (VMNKO) program in Onandjokwe-distrik. Die steekproef het 85% van die teikenpopulasie (N=71) uitgemaak. 'n Gestruktureerde vraelys met geslote en oop vrae is gebruik en deur die navorser voltooi. Etiese goedkeuring vir die studie is verkry van die Etiese Kommitee van die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe, Universiteit Stellenbosch. Toestemming om die navorsing te doen, is verkry van die Ministerie van Gesondheid en Maatskaplike Dienste, Namibië, en die Onandjokwe Distrikshospitaal. 'n Loodsstudie is onderneem wat 25% van die steekproef behels het. Geldigheid en betroubaarheid is verseker deur die loodsstudie en oorlegpleging met 'n kundige op die gebied van MIV-navorsing en 'n kundige in verpleegnavorsing. Die aanbieding van resultate was meestal deskriptief van aard deur van frekwensietabelle en 'n sektordiagram gebruik te maak. Die resultate het getoon dat MIV-berading en -toetsing gedurende voorgeboortesorg aan alle deelnemers (n=60/100%) aangebied is. Moeders wat MIV-positief is, het geweet dat daar 'n moontlikheid bestaan dat die baba moontlik deur moedersmelk geïnfekteer kan word. Verder het die studie bevind dat 70% (n=42) van deelnemers uitsluitlik borsvoeding gebruik, 20% (n=12) gebruik ’n vervanging vir moedersmelk en 10% (n=6) gebruik gemengde voedingspraktyke. Daar is tot die slotsom gekom dat swanger vroue en moeders van wie bekend is dat hulle MIV-geïnfekteer is, ingelig behoort te word oor die babavoedingspraktyk aanbeveel deur die nasionale of subnasionale owerheid vir die verbetering van MIVvrye oorlewing van babas wat aan die MIV blootgestel is. Dit sluit in inligting oor die risiko’s en voordele van verskeie babavoedingsopsies gebaseer op plaaslike assesserings en leiding ten opsigte van die kies van die geskikste opsie vir hulle eie situasie.
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Burger, Marilize Cornelle. "Profiling the approach to the investigation of viral infections in cases of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) in the Western Cape Province." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6488.
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Thesis (MScMedSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) refers to any such sudden demise in a child. If the child dies while asleep within the first year of life, and if no conclusive cause of death can be ascertained by means of complete autopsy and investigation into the circumstances surrounding death, including visit of the death scene, such a case is classified as one of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). By South African law, a full medico-legal autopsy is mandated in cases where the cause of death is not evident – including cases of possible SIDS. There can be little doubt that viral infection can be a cause of death in cases of supposed SUDI. At the Tygerberg medico-legal (forensic) laboratory, the evaluation of lung tissue for the presence of fatal viral lung infections forms part of the institutional protocol for the examination of SUDI cases. Lung samples of these SUDI cases are routinely tested for the presence of Cytomegalovirus (CMV), adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by means of shell vial cultures. In a retrospective pilot study of 366 SUDI case files from Tygerberg Hospital, Western Cape, from 2004 – 2006, it was evident that in only 13.9% of possible SIDS cases, positive results for one or more of the aforementioned viruses were obtained. We hypothesise that the current method of virus detection, together with other factors such as the interval between death and post mortem examination, transport time of the specimens to the laboratory etc. might not be optimal to give a realistic picture of death in infancy caused by viral pulmonary infection. As other test modalities exist for the diagnosis of pulmonary viral infections, these methods were compared in terms of positive yield and association with viral pneumonitis, keeping the cost and time needed for each assay in mind. A total of 82 samples were collected over an 8 month period and routine shell vial cultures were done, followed by real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of the lung sections with consensus pathology opinion. As expected, the real-time PCR method was much more better suited for identifying positive samples than shell vials (35% vs. 3.7% respectively). IHC staining also aided the pathologist in diagnosing viral infections microscopically. We expect the findings to be instrumental in streamlining not only our institutional SIDS investigation protocol, but also the development of a standardised national SIDS investigation protocol.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: “Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy” (SUDI) verwys na enige skielike sterfte van ‘n kind. Indien die kind sterf tydens sy/haar slaap periode en geen oortuigende oorsaak van dood bepaal kan word deur middel van ’n volledige nadoodse ondersoek en ondersoek na die omstandighede tydens die dood, insluitend ’n besoek aan die doodstoneel nie, word so ’n geval as Wiegiedood (SIDS) geklassifiseer. SuidAfrikaanse wetgewing vereis ’n volledige medies-geregtelike nadoodse ondersoek in gevalle waar die oorsaak van dood onbekend is – insluitend gevalle van moontlike Wiegiedood. Daar is min twyfel dat virusinfeksie ‘n oorsaak van, of bydraende faktor tot dood kan wees in gevalle van moontlike SUDI. By die Tygerberg forensiese laboratorium vorm die evaluasie van long weefsel vir die teenwoordigheid van dodelike virusinfeksies deel van die institusionele protokol vir die ondersoek van SUDI gevalle. Long monsters van hierdie SUDI gevalle ondergaan roetine toetse vir die teenwoordigheid van sitomegaalvirus, respiratoriese sinsitialevirus en adenovirus deur middel van selkulture (“shell vial cultures”). In ‘n retrospektiewe steekproef van 366 SUDI gevalle by Tygerberg Hospitaal, Wes-Kaap van 2004 – 2006, is bevind dat in slegs 13.9% van moontlike SUDI gevalle die teenwoordigheid van een of meer van bogenoemde virusse bevestig kon word. Ons hipotese is dat hierdie metode van virus deteksie, tesame met ander faktore soos die tydsinterval tussen dood en nadoodse ondersoek, tyd om monsters na die laboratorium te vervoer ens. moontlik nie optimaal is om ‘n realistiese beeld van dood in babas as gevolg van pulmonale virusinfeksie te gee nie. Aangesien ander toets modaliteite bestaan vir die diagnose van pulmonale virusinfeksies, is hierdie metodes vergelyk in terme van positiewe opbrengs en assosiasie met virale pneumonitis, teen ’n agtergrond van die koste en tyd benodig per toets. ’n Totaal van 82 monsters is oor ‘n 8 maande periode versamel en roetine selkulture is gedoen, gevolg deur “real-time” Polimerase Ketting Reaksie (PKR), asook immunohistochemiese (IHC) kleuring van long snitte met patologiese verslae. Soos vermoed, is gevind dat die real-time PKR metode baie meer akkuraat is om positiewe monsters te identifiseer as roetine selkulture (35% vs 3.7% onderskeidelik). IHC kleuring het ook mikroskopiese diagnose van virale infeksies deur die patoloog vergemaklik. Ons verwag dat hierdie bevindinge grootliks kan bydra in die vaartbelyning van ons institusionele SIDS ondersoek protokol, asook in die ontwikkeling van ’n gestandaardiseerde nasionale SIDS ondersoek protokol.
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Silva, Pedro José Flores Vieira e. "Parâmetros associados a sibilância recorrente após bronquite aguda." Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5200.
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Introdução: a bronquiolite aguda afecta 30 a 60% das crianças saudáveis até ao terceiro
aniversário. Destas, 50% evoluem para sibilância recorrente, com consequências
pessoais, familiares e sociais relevantes.
Objectivos: identificação de parâmetros clínicos e laboratoriais associados à sibilância recorrente em crianças saudáveis. A detecção da actividade local de quatro citocinas intervenientes nas vias imunológicas Th1 ou Th2 permitiu, gualmente, o estudo do respectivo comportamento em função dos referidos parâmetros.
Material e Métodos: estudo prospectivo de coorte, efectuado no serviço de urgência
pediátrica do HSFX no Inverno 2004/2005. Recrutada amostra de conveniência de 188
lactentes de idade inferior a 24 meses e diagnóstico de bronquiolite aguda. Excluídos
portadores de doença crónica, ex-prematuros e os doentes sujeitos a corticoterapia nas
duas semanas anteriores. A todos foi feito questionário padronizado, exame clínico e
estratificação da gravidade através de índice validado. Na mucosa nasal, foram
pesquisados Ag víricos e estudada a expressão génica de quatro citocinas -
representativas da via Th1 (IFN-g e IL-12) ou Th2 (IL-4 e IL-13). Esta determinação foi
efectuada por RT-PCR, no Laboratório de Biologia Molecular do Centro de
Histocompatibilidade do Sul. Durante o seguimento, em consulta de pneumologia
pediátrica até à idade de 36 meses, foram excluídos os seguintes casos: patologia
anatómica ou funcional que justificasse sibilância recorrente, valores totais de IgE
elevados, Phadiatop® positivo ou défice de IgG, IgA ou IgM. Os resultados foram
estudados por estatística descritiva, análise univariada e multivariada. Foi considerado
com significado estatístico, em todas as análises, o valor de p < 0,05.
Resultados: das 188 crianças recrutadas, foram excluídas 36 (principalmente por
identificação de outras causas de sibilância recorrente). Da amostra final de 152 doentes, 76 (50%) foram considerados sibilantes e 76 não sibilantes. Os seguintes
parâmetros à entrada relacioram-se com a evolução para sibilância recorrente: idade
inferior a 6 meses (OR: 3,8; IC95% 1,8-9,1); exposição ao fumo de tabaco na vida
intrauterina (OR: 2,5; IC95% 1,2-5,2) ou após o nascimento (OR: 2,4; IC95% 1,0-5,8);
atopia materna (OR: 4,0; IC95% 1,5-10,3); maior gravidade (OR: 1,2; IC95% 1,1-1,4);
apirexia (OR: 4,7; IC95% 1,8-11,8); identificação de vírus (OR: 3,5; IC95% 1,4-8,7);
predomínio imunitário de tipo Th2 em lactentes com idade superior a seis meses (OR:1,3; IC95% 1,0-1,7). Verificou-se predomínio Th1 na mucosa nasal das crianças com irmãos ou que frequentavam o infantário (OR: 3,1; IC95% 1,4-6,5); nas amamentadas
(OR: 1,2; IC95% 1,1-1,4) e naquelas em que se identificaram Ag víricos (OR: 4,0;
IC95% 1,3-11,9). O contacto com fumo de tabaco no domicílio foi o determinante mais
importante de predomínio Th2 (OR: 2,3; IC95% 1,1-4,7).
Discussão e Conclusões: Foram considerados factores de risco para sibilância
recorrente em lactentes saudáveis: idade inferior no momento do primeiro episódio de
bronquiolite; exposição passiva (antenatal ou pós-natal) ao fumo de tabaco;antecedentes maternos de atopia; primeiro episódio com maior gravidade, sem febre e com dentificação de Ag víricos nas secreções nasais. Os resultados do presente estudo reforçam as recomendações usuais de aleitamento materno, limitação de contactos
sociais em lactentes e evicção tabágica durante a gravidez e após o nascimento.
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Hatch, Steven. "Maternally Derived Anti-Dengue Antibodies and Risk of DHF in Infants: A Case-Control Study." eScholarship@UMMS, 2010. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_diss/476.
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This study proposes to directly test the hypothesis that antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) is the critical factor in the development of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in infants. DHF occurs in two distinct clinical settings: a) in children and adults with secondary DENV infection, and b) in infants with primary DENV infection born to mothers with prior DENV infection. The ADE hypothesis proposes that pre-existing serotype-cross-reactive non-neutralizing anti-DENV antibodies bind the heterotypic DENV during secondary infection and enhance its uptake into immune cells, leading to increased viral load and DHF. This model suggests that DHF in DENV-infected infants is caused by the enhancing effect of waning maternal anti-DENV antibodies, thus causing a “physiologic secondary infection” during an infant’s primary infection and thereby increasing the infant’s risk for DHF.
The effect of maternal immunity on DHF in infants has been studied exclusively in Southeast Asia. However, the maternal DENV seroprevalence approaches 100% in this part of the world. As a consequence, the ADE model of infant DHF cannot truly be tested in Southeast Asia, because all infants possess anti-DENV antibody at birth. In the Western Hemisphere, by contrast, women may have experienced either a single DENV infection, more than one DENV infection, or no DENV infection at all. The ability to include DENV-seronegative mothers as controls allows for the ADE hypothesis to be directly tested in a clinical study. To our knowledge, no such study has been previously conducted.
This thesis presents a case-control study designed to evaluate the influence of positive maternal dengue seroprevalence on the risk of DHF in infants. As the MSCI program provides instruction in study design, this thesis does not present findings. The clinical trial described herein began in May 2010 and enrollment is expected to continue through May 2012 (see Table 4).
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La, Grange Heleen. "Respiratory pathogens in cases of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) at Tygerberg forensic pathology service mortuary." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86628.
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Thesis (MScMedSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is considered the second most frequent cause of infant mortality worldwide. Research specifically pertaining to SIDS is limited in the South African setting. Identifiable causes for sudden infant death remain challenging despite full medico-legal investigations inclusive of autopsy, scene visit and ancillary studies. Viral infections could contribute to some sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) cases, especially since a multitude of respiratory viruses have been detected from autopsy specimens. The specific contribution of viruses in the events preceding death, including the subsequent involvement of the immature immune response in infants, still warrants deciphering. Infancy is characterised by marked vulnerability to infections due to immaturities of their immune systems that may only resolve as infants grow older when these sudden deaths rarely still occur. In South Africa there is a lack of a standard protocol for investigations into the causes of SIDS, including the lack of standard guidelines as to which specimens should be taken, which viruses should be investigated and which laboratory assays should be utilised. Objectives: In this prospective descriptive study we aimed to investigate the prevalence of viruses in SUDI and SIDS cases at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Service (FPS) Mortuary over a one year period. The primary aim was to explore possible respiratory viral infections in SUDI and SIDS cases and to determine the usefulness of molecular techniques to detect viruses from SUDI cases. To determine the significance of viruses, we assessed signs of infection from lung histology. The secondary objectives included collecting demographic data to investigate possible risk factors for SUDI and to look for possible similarities between viruses confirmed in living hospitalised infants at Tygerberg, during the study period compared to viruses detected from SUDI cases. Methods: Between May 2012 and May 2013 samples were collected from 148 SUDI cases presenting at Tygerberg FPS Mortuary. As part of the mandatory routine investigations into SUDI, shell vial culture (SVC) results were collected from lung and liver tissue specimens and bacterial culture results were collected from left and right lung and heart swabs at autopsy. To investigate the possibility of viruses implicated in some of the infant deaths we used the Seeplex® RV15 Ace detection multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to establish the frequency of 13 ribonucleic acid (RNA) respiratory viruses (influenza A and B, human parainfluenza 1-4, human coronavirus [OC43, 229E/NL63], human rhinovirus A, B and C, respiratory syncytial virus A and B, human enterovirus and human metapneumovirus) from RNA extracted from tracheal and lower left and right lung lobe swabs. Tissue from the lower left and right lung lobes were also assessed for histology signs of infection. Results: During our study we confirmed multiple known demographic risk factors for SIDS, such as the age peak around 1-3 months, the male predominance, bed-sharing, sleeping in the prone position, heavy wrapping in warm blankets, prenatal smoke exposure, and socio-economic factors. With the Seeplex® RV15 Ace detection assay between one and three viruses were detected in 59.5% (88/148) of cases. Of the 88 cases that had viruses detected, 75% (66/88) had one virus and 25% (22/88) had co-detections of two to three viruses. The most common viruses detected were HRV in 77% (68/88) of cases, RSV in 18% (16/88) of cases and HCoV in 14% (12/88) of cases. Many of the viruses we detected from our cases are included in the SVC test that forms part of the medico-legal laboratory investigation for all SUDI cases at Tygerberg FPS Mortuary. SVCs were positive in 9.5% (14/148) of all cases only. We showed that the SVC method is potentially missing most of the 13 respiratory viruses we investigated that could contribute to death in some of the SUDI cases. Conclusion: In some cases that had a Cause of Death Classification - SIDS, the PCR viruses detected cannot be ignored, especially when it is supported by histological evidence of infection. We thus propose that the use of PCR could alter a Cause of Death Classification from SIDS to Infection in some of these cases. Further research is needed to determine the significance of detecting viruses from SUDI cases wherein no significant histological evidence of infection was observed. This questions whether PCR may be too sensitive and is detecting past and latent viral infections that do not play any role in the cause of death. The histological picture also requires further characterisation to determine if it accurately predicts infections or lethal events and can truly support virology findings, especially in young infants whose immune systems are still maturing. Without determining the true prevalence of viruses in SUDI cases and the viral-specific immune response, the contribution of virus-specific infections to this syndrome will remain largely undetermined.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Agtergrond: Wiegiedood (“SIDS/SUDI”) word beskou as die tweede mees algemene oorsaak van sterftes in kinders jonger as een jaar wêreldwyd. Toegewyde SIDS-spesifieke navorsing in die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing is beperk. Dit bly steeds „n uitdaging om oorsake te probeer identifiseer vir hierdie onverwagte sterftes in kinders (SUDI) ten spyte van volledige medies-geregtelike ondersoeke, insluitende die lykskouing, ondersoek van die doodstoneel en aanvullende ondersoeke. Virusinfeksies kan aansienlik bydra tot sommige onverwagte sterftes in kinders, aangesien verskeie respiratoriese virusse alreeds aangetoon is in monsters verkry tydens outopsies. Die spesifieke rol wat virusse speel in die prosesse wat die dood voorafgaan, asook die bydraende rol van „n onder-ontwikkelde immuunrespons in babas, regverdig verdere ondersoek. Die eerste jaar van lewe word gekenmerk deur verhoogde vatbaarheid vir infeksies weens die ontwikkelende immuunstelsels soos wat babas ouer word, en die voorkoms van SUDI neem stelselmatig af met „n toename in ouderdom. In Suid-Afrika bestaan daar tans geen standaard protokol vir die ondersoek van wiegiedood nie en daar is ook nie standaard riglyne oor die tipe monsters wat geneem moet word, watter virusse ondersoek moet word en watter laboratorium toetse uitgevoer moet word nie. Doelstellings: In hierdie prospektiewe beskrywende studie is gepoog om die virusse wat in gevalle van wiegiedood of SUDI voorkom te ondersoek. Die studie is uitgevoer by die Tygerberg Geregtelike Patologie Dienste lykshuis oor 'n tydperk van een jaar. Molekulêre tegnieke om virusse aan te toon in hierdie gevalle is gebruik om spesifieke virusinfeksies te ondersoek. Die resultate is met histologiese tekens van infeksie in longweefsel gekorreleer. Demografiese data is verder versamel om moontlike risikofaktore vir wiegiedood te ondersoek. Dit is verder vergelyk met virusse wat met dieselfde diagnostiese tegnieke in babas geïdentifiseer is wat tydens die studieperiode in Tygerberg Hospitaal opgeneem was met lugweginfeksies. Metodes: Monsters van 148 SUDI gevalle wat by die Tygerberg lykshuis opgeneem is, is versamel tussen Mei 2012 en Mei 2013. As deel van die roetine ondersoeke in SUDI gevalle, was selkultuur resultate verkry van long en lewer weefsel, asook bakteriële kulture van deppers wat van beide longe en hart geneem was tydens die lykskouings. „n Seeplex® RV15 Ace polimerase kettingreaksie (PKR) toets is gebruik om die teenwoordigheid van virusse te ondersoek wat moontlik by die babasterftes betrokke kon wees. Trageale- en longdeppers wat tydens die lykskouings versamel was, was getoets vir 13 ribonukleïensure (RNS) respiratoriese virusse (influenza A and B, human parainfluenza 1-4, human coronavirus [OC43, 229E/NL63], human rhinovirus A, B and C, respiratory syncytial virus A and B, human enterovirus and human metapneumovirus). Resultate: Ons studie het verskeie bekende demografiese risikofaktore vir SUDI bevestig, byvoorbeeld „n ouderdomspiek tussen een en drie maande ouderdom, manlike predominansie, deel van „n bed met ander persone, slaap posisie op die maag, styf toedraai in warm komberse, blootstelling aan sigaretrook voor geboorte en sosio-ekonomiese faktore. Die Seeplex® RV15 Ace toets het tussen een en drie virusse geïdentifiseer in 59.5% (88/148) van die gevalle. Uit die 88 gevalle waarin virusse opgespoor was, was selgs een virus in 75% (66/88) van gevalle gevind en twee en drie virusse in 25% (22/88). Die mees algemene virusse was HRV in 77% (68/88) van gevalle, RSV in 18% (16/88) van gevalle en HCoV in 14% (12/88) van gevalle. Baie van die virusse wat tydens hierdie studie ondersoek was, was ingesluit in die roetine selkultuur toets wat deel vorm van die standaard medies-geregtelike laboratoriumondersoeke in alle SUDI gevalle by die Tygerberg lykshuis, alhoewel die selkulture positief was in slegs 9.5% (14/148) van gevalle. Ons het gevind dat baie respiratoriese virusse potensieel gemisdiagnoseer word wat „n rol kon speel in of bydra tot die dood van sommige SUDI gevalle. Gevolgtrekking: In sommige gevalle waarin SIDS geklassifiseer is as die oorsaak van dood, kan die virusse wat met PKR toetse opgespoor is nie geïgnoreer word nie, veral waar die bevinding ondersteun word deur histologiese bewyse van infeksie. Ons stel dus voor dat die gebruik van PKR toetse die oorsaak van dood klassifikasie kan verander van SIDS na Infeksie in sommige van hierdie gevalle. Verdere navorsing is nodig om die waarde van gelyktydige opsporing van virusse in SUDI gevalle te bepaal wanneer daar geen noemenswaardige histologiese bewyse van infeksie gevind word nie. Dit bevraagteken of die PKR toets dalk te sensitief is en gevolglik vorige en latente virusinfeksies identifiseer wat nie noodwendig 'n rol in die oorsaak van dood speel nie. Die diagnostiese en kliniese waarde van die histologiese beeld in terme van die rol van virusinfeksies as bydraende oorsaak van dood moet verder ondersoek word, veral in jong kinders wie se immuunstelsels nog nie volledig ontwikkel is nie. Indien die werklike voorkoms van virusse in SUDI gevalle en die virus-spesifieke immuunrespons nie bepaal word nie, sal die rol van virus-spesifieke infeksies in hierdie sindroom grootliks onbekend bly.
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Coffin, Carla S. "Persistence of infectious hepadnavirus in offspring born to mothers convalescent from hepatitis in the woodchuck model of hepatitis B." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ36106.pdf.
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Mkontwana, Phumeza Eudicia. "An assessment of infant and young child feeding policy implementation of HIV mother-to-child transmission in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality health care facilities." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1011632.
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This descriptive study aimed to assess the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) policy implementation in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) among healthcare workers in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality public health care facilities. A convenience sampling method was used to gather information from nurses (n=32) rendering maternal and child health services in nineteen permanent Nelson Mandela Bay public health care facilities (MOU’s, paediatric sections, well baby clinics and PMTCT sites). Recommendations included to the need develop indicators for measuring the IYCF policy objectives and regularly collect data on infant and young child feeding, standardising infant feeding education given by peer educators / lay counsellors from various organisations, capacity building and training of staff on IYCF and scaling up monitoring and evaluation of the IYCF policy impact.
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Locke, Tiffany. "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Canadian Hospitals from 1995 to 2007: A Comparison of Adult and Pediatric Inpatients." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26110.
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The literature directly comparing the epidemiology of MRSA among adult and pediatric hospitalized patients is strikingly minimal. The objective of this thesis was to identify any differences between these two patient groups. The Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program MRSA data (1995 to 2007: n=1,262 pediatric and 35,907 adult cases) were used to compare MRSA clinical and molecular characteristics and rates. Hospital characteristics were modeled using repeated measures Poisson regressions. The molecular and epidemiological characteristics of MRSA differed significantly between adults and children. Compared to children, MRSA in adults was more likely to be healthcare-associated, colonization, SCCmec type II, PVL negative, and resistant to most antibiotics. Rates of MRSA in Canada increased in both populations over time but were significantly higher in adults. The hospital characteristics associated with increased MRSA rates differed in adult and pediatric facilities. Implications for infection prevention and control strategies are discussed.
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Andersson, Ola. "Effects of Delayed versus Early Cord Clamping on Healthy Term Infants." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Pediatrik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-198167.
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The aim of this thesis was to study maternal and infant effects of delayed cord clamping (≥180 seconds, DCC) compared to early (≤10 seconds, ECC) in a randomised controlled trial. Practice and guidelines regarding when to clamp the cord vary globally, and different meta-analyses have shown contradictory conclusions on benefits and disadvantages of DCC and ECC. The study population consisted of 382 term infants born after normal pregnancies and randomised to DCC or ECC after birth. The primary objective was iron stores and iron deficiency at 4 months of age, but the thesis was designed to investigate a wide range of suggested effects associated with cord clamping. Paper I showed that DCC was associated with improved iron stores at 4 months (45% higher ferritin) and that the incidence of iron deficiency was reduced from 5.7% to 0.6%. Neonatal anaemia at 2-3 days was less frequent in the DCC group, 1.2% vs. 6.3%. There were no differences between the groups in respiratory symptoms, polycythaemia, or hyperbilirubinaemia. In paper II we demonstrated that DCC versus ECC was not associated with higher risk for maternal post partum haemorrhage and rendered a comparable ratio of valid umbilical artery blood gas samples. In paper III, the Ages and Stages Questionnaire was used to assess neurodevelopment at 4 months. The total scores did not differ, but the DCC group had a higher score in the problem-solving domain and a lower score in the personal-social domain. Immunoglobulin G level was 0.7 g/L higher in the DCC group at 2–3 days, but did not differ at 4 months. Symptoms of infection up to 4 months were comparable between groups. Finally, in paper IV, iron stores and neurodevelopment were similar between groups at 12 months. Gender specific outcome on neurodevelopment at 12 months was discovered, implying positive effects from DCC on boys and negative on girls. We conclude that delaying umbilical cord clamping for 180 seconds is safe and associated with a significantly reduced risk for iron deficiency at 4 months, which may have neurodevelopmental effects at a later age.
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Tisseyre, Mylène. "Identification d'expositions médicamenteuses in utero associées à la survenue d'infections au cours de la première année de vie." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Paris Cité, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023UNIP5294.
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Les infections infantiles constituent une problématique majeure en termes de morbi-mortalité à l'échelle mondiale, contribuant significativement aux décès infantiles, notamment via les infections respiratoires. Les facteurs de risque d'infection grave chez les nourrissons sont multifactoriels, principalement liés au développement in utero, à la prématurité, au faible poids de naissance, ainsi qu'à des facteurs immunologiques, génétiques et environnementaux. Les données récentes dans la littérature montrent que des modifications du microbiote peuvent avoir des répercussions au niveau immunitaire et potentiellement accroître le risque infectieux. Ainsi des modifications du microbiote materno-foetal pourraient avoir des conséquences chez le nourrisson. La littérature récente suggère l'existence d'associations entre une exposition in utero aux antibiotiques et l'augmentation du risque d'infections graves chez les nourrissons. Ces études ont été rendues possibles notamment grâce au développement de la pharmaco-épidémiologie via l'usage des bases médico-administratives, tel que le Système National des Données de Santé (SNDS), permettant la constitution de cohortes conséquentes de femmes enceintes. L'objectif global de cette thèse consistait en l'évaluation du rôle d'expositions médicamenteuses pendant la grossesse et le risque d'infections graves au cours de la première année de vie. Les travaux ont été centrés sur l'étude de deux classes pharmacologiques en raison de leur usage fréquent au cours de la grossesse et de leur impact sur le microbiote materno-foetal : les antibiotiques et les inhibiteurs de la pompe à protons. Dans un premier temps, une étude de cohorte nationale, incluant 2,8 millions de nourrissons nés à terme, a évalué l'association entre l'exposition in utero aux antibiotiques systémiques et l'apparition d'infections graves au cours de leur première année de vie. Les résultats ont montré une augmentation modérée de l'incidence des infections graves chez les nourrissons exposés in utero aux antibiotiques. Les associations étaient similaires quel que soit le trimestre d'exposition, la classe d'antibiotiques, ainsi que le site d'infection. Néanmoins, les nourrissons exposés à des antibiotiques à large spectre ou à trois cures ou plus au cours de la grossesse semblaient avoir un risque légèrement accru, en faveur d'une relation causale. Dans un second temps, une autre étude, stratifiée sur la consommation d'inhibiteurs de la pompe à protons au cours des trois premiers mois de vie et incluant 2,1 millions de nourrissons nés à terme, a exploré l'impact de l'exposition prénatale aux inhibiteurs de la pompe à protons sur la survenue d'infections graves pendant leur première année de vie. Les résultats ont permis d'éliminer une association importante entre la consommation d'inhibiteurs de la pompe à protons au cours de la grossesse et la survenue d'infections graves chez le nourrisson. Néanmoins, même après la prise en compte de nombreux facteurs de confusion, cette étude n'a pas permis d'exclure un risque résiduel, restreint uniquement aux nourrissons qui ne reçoivent pas d'inhibiteurs de la pompe à protons durant les premiers mois de vie. En conclusion, cette thèse a confirmé les données existantes sur une association entre l'exposition aux antibiotiques au cours de la grossesse, médicaments impactant fortement le microbiote, et la survenue d'infections graves chez le nourrisson. Les résultats sont plus rassurants concernant les inhibiteurs de la pompe à protons même si un risque faible ne peut être exclu. Ces résultats sont à confirmer avec d'autres études. Ils ont contribué à élargir la base de connaissances relatives à la sécurité d'utilisation des médicaments au cours de la grossesseInfant infections are a major concern in terms of global morbidity and mortality, significantly contributing to infant deaths, particularly through respiratory infections. Risk factors for severe infections in infants are multifactorial, primarily related to in utero development, prematurity, low birth weight, as well as immunological, genetic, and environmental factors. Recent data in the literature suggest that modifications in the microbiome can have immunological implications and potentially increase the risk of infection. Therefore, changes in the maternal-fetal microbiome could have consequences for the infant. Recent literature suggests associations between in utero exposure to antibiotics and an increased risk of serious infections in early childhood. These studies have been made possible, in particular, through the development of pharmacoepidemiology using medical-administrative databases, such as the National Health Data System (SNDS), allowing the creation of substantial cohorts of pregnant women. The overall objective of this thesis was to evaluate the role of medication exposures during pregnancy and the risk of serious infections in the first year of life. The research work focused on two pharmacological classes due to their frequent use during pregnancy and their impact on the maternal-fetal microbiome: antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors. Firstly, a national cohort study, including 2.8 million full-term infants, evaluated the association between in utero exposure to systemic antibiotics and the occurrence of serious infections in full-term infants during their first year of life. The results revealed a moderate increase in the incidence of serious infections in infants exposed in utero to systemic antibiotics. Associations were similar regardless of the trimester of exposure, antibiotic class, and infection sites. However, infants exposed to broad-spectrum antibiotics or three or more antibiotic courses appeared to have a slightly increased risk, supporting a potential causal relationship. Secondly, another study, stratified by the use of proton pump inhibitors during the first three months of life and including 2.1 million full-term infants, explored the impact of prenatal exposure to proton pump inhibitors on the occurrence of serious infections during their first year of life. The results ruled out a significant association between the use of proton pump inhibitors during pregnancy and the occurrence of serious infections in infants. Nevertheless, even after adjusting for several confounding factors, this study did not exclude a limited residual risk, restricted only to infants with proton pump inhibitors use in early life. In conclusion, this thesis confirmed existing data on an association between exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy, which strongly affects the microbiome, and the occurrence of serious infections in infants. The results are more reassuring concerning proton pump inhibitors; although a low risk cannot be completely ruled out. These findings need confirmation through further studies. They have contributed to expanding the knowledge regarding the safety of medication use during pregnancy
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Sidrim, Rosabelle Braz. "Sepse neonatal em unidade de terapia intensiva: caracterÃsticas clÃnico epidemiolÃgicas, etiologia e fatores de risco." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 1999. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=167.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de NÃvel SuperiorA sepse neonatal à atualmente a infecÃÃo mais freqÃente e importante causa de Ãbito de RN internados nas UTIN de paÃses desenvolvidos. Para conhecer a dimensÃo desse problema em um Hospital UniversitÃrio de atendimento terciÃrio localizado no Nordeste do Brasil, foi realizado um estudo de coorte retrospectivo de todos as crianÃas que nasceram e foram admitidas na UTIN no perÃodo de outubro de 1997 a abril de 1998. Uma coorte de 422 pares de recÃm-nascidos e suas respectivas mÃes foi formada; os RN foram seguidos do nascimento à alta ou Ãbito na UTIN ou atà a idade de 28 dias enquanto internados na UTIN. Ao todo, cerca de 34 variÃveis maternas, do neonato e procedimentos hospitalares foram pesquisadas em cada membro da coorte. Os testes estatÃsticos utilizados foram: Teste do Qui-quadrado e o Teste exato de FISCHER, cÃlculo do risco relativo com os respectivos intervalos de confianÃa. Em seguida procedeu-se a anÃlise multivariada com transformaÃÃo para logÃstica dos fatores mais significativos (p<0,05). Ao final, cinco fatores foram selecionados como preditores independentes da sepse neonatal: cateterizaÃÃo venosa central (OR=8,7, IC95%=2,3 a 32,6), faixa ponderal 1000 a 1499g (OR=4,8, IC95%=2,3 a 9,9), transfusÃo de hemoderivados (OR=3,6, IC95%=1,8 a 7,4), gravidez Ãnica (OR=2,3, IC95%=1,0 a 5,4) e faixa ponderal 1500 a 2499g (OR=2,3, IC95%=1,3 a 4,0). A incidÃncia de sepse na coorte foi de 40,4 para cada 100 RN admitidos (167/413). As bactÃrias mais prevalentes dos casos confirmados foram os bacilos gram-negativos; 67% dos episÃdios surgiram nos seis primeiros dias de vida. A internaÃÃo dos RN com sepse foi 4,3 vezes superior a internaÃÃo dos RN nÃo acometidos. A mortalidade global na UTIN foi de 25,59 para cada 100 RN admitidos, enquanto a letalidade pelo desfecho foi de 41,31%, com risco relativo de morte por sepse de 2,8. Este estudo poderà ser Ãtil para futuras estratÃgias com vistas a diminuir a morbimortalidade por sepse neonatal.
OBJECTIVE: Neonatal sepsis is currently the most frequent infection and an important cause of death among the newborns admitted at NICU. In order to evaluate the extension of this problem in a tertiary care University Hospital of Northeastern Brazil, a retrospective cohort survey was carried out on all inborn and admitted infants at the Assis Chateaubriand NICU from October 1997 to April 1998. METHOD: the survey design was a retrospective cohort carried out on all inborn infants admitted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during seven consecutive months; 422 newborns were enrolled in the study and each one was followed up from birth to discharge from NCIU or death at the NICU. To compare the levels of the risk factors, two groups were formed: one by the all subjects who developed the outcome and another by all those who did not to. Each member of the cohort was investigated for 34 potential predictors variables concerning mothers factors, neonates factors and hospital procedures. In case of presence of sepsis, the variables were measured just up to the outcome. Standard National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS-CDC) definitions of sepsis were used. Chi Square and Fischerâs exact tests were applied for comparison of frequencies; relative risk (RR) with their respective confidence interval of 95% (CI95%) was calculated. Subsequently, a multivariate analysis was done using logistic regression of most significant factors (OR). The level of statistical significance considered was p=0,05. RESULTS: The cohort sepsis incidence was 40,4 for each hundred of newborn admitted at NICU. The bacterias more prevalent of the confirmed cases were the gram-negative bacilli. Most sepsis episodes appeared in the first six days of life (67%). The time of NICU hospitalization of the sick newborn was 4,3 times longer compared to that non-sick newborn. Five factors were selected as independent predictors for neonatal sepsis: central venous catheter (OR=8,7, CI95%=2,31 to 32,69, p=0,001), birth weight of 1000-1499g (OR=4,8, CI95%=2,39 to 9,97, p=0,000), blood transfusions (OR=3,6, CI95%=1,81 to 7,45, p=0,003), singular gestation (OR=2,3, CI95%=1,04 to 5,44, p=0,04) and birth weight of 1500<2500g (OR=2,3, CI95%=1,34 to 4,04, p=0,002). Global mortality reached 25,59% of the cohort. Mortality associated to sepsis was 41,31% with Relative Risk for death = 2,8. CONCLUSION: neonatal sepsis incidence and mortality rates found are higher than in developed countries rates. Birth weight under 2500g, singular gestation, central venous catheter and blood transfusions proved be independent predictors related to neonatal sepsis. This study may contribute for the future strategies for reduction of neonatal sepsis rates and its sequels in our hospital.
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Pillay, Thillagavathie. "Immune selection in infant HIV-1 infection." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.413518.
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Monteiro, Ana Isabel Melo Pereira [UNIFESP]. "Profilaxia da infecção por vírus sincicial respiratório: estudo clínico prospectivo de crianças submetidas ao uso de palivizumabe." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2012. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9981.
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Previous issue date: 2012-05-25O Vírus Sincicial Respiratório (VSR) é o principal agente em infecções agudas do trato respiratório inferior (IATRI) antes de dois anos, com altas taxas de internação e óbito em crianças de alto risco para infecção grave pelo VSR. Objetivo: Identificar os vírus envolvidos nos quadros de infecções agudas de trato respiratório (IATR) e analisar taxas de internação e óbito em crianças submetidas à profilaxia com palivizumabe. Métodos: Coorte prospectiva com 198 crianças menores de um ano de idade nascidas antes de 29 semanas de idade gestacional e crianças menores de 2 anos de idade com cardiopatia hemodinamicamente instável ou doença pulmonar crônica que receberam palivizumabe para profilaxia contra infecções graves pelo VSR em 2008. Nesse período, em cada episódio de IATR foi coletado aspirado de nasofaringe (NPA) para identificação de VSR, adenovírus, parainfluenza 1, 2 e 3, influenza A e B por imunofluorescência direta, e rinovírus e metapneumovírus por RT-PCR. Foram monitoradas internações e óbitos nesse grupo. Resultados: Das 198 crianças acompanhadas, 117 (59,1%) apresentaram IATR, totalizando 175 episódios. Das 76 NAPs coletadas, 37 foram positivas, encontrando-se, rinovírus em 75,7% dessas amostras, VSR (18,9%), parainfluenza (28,1%), adenovírus (2,7%), metapneumovírus (2,7%) e co-infecção em três amostras. Das 48 internações, 18 ocorreram por causa respiratória, sendo apenas 1 por VSR. Em nenhuma das duas crianças que evoluíram para óbito detectou-se o VSR. Conclusão: Na vigência de profilaxia com palivizumabe, a frequência de isolamento de VSR em crianças de alto risco com IATR e naquelas que necessitaram de internação hospitalar foi baixa.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the most important etiologic agent in acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) in children under two years, with high rates of hospitalization and death in high risk children for severe RSV infection. Objective: To identify the virus present in acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) and to analyze rates of hospitalization and death in children who received palivizumab prophylaxis. Methods: Prospective cohort of 198 infants up to 1 year old born before 29 weeks gestation and infants less than two years of age with hemodynamically instable cardiopathy or chronic pulmonary disease, who received prophylactic palivizumab against severe RSV infections in 2008. During this period, a nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) was collected in each episode of ARTI for identification of RSV, adenovirus, parainfluenza 1, 2 and 3, influenza A and B by direct immunofluorescence, and rhinovirus and metapneumovirus for RT-PCR. Data regarding hospitalization and death were collected. Results: Of the 198 infants included, 117 (59,1%) presented ARTIs, with a total of 175 episodes. Of 76 NPAs collected, 35 were positive, being rhinovirus (75.7%), RSV (18.9%), parainfluenza (8.1%), adenovirus 2 (2.7%), metapneumovirus (2.7%) and 3 samples presented multiple agents. Of 48 hospitalizations, 18 presented respiratory causes, but in only one child was found RSV. None of the 2 children who died had RSV. Conclusion: During the palivizumab prophylaxis period, the frequency of RSV detected in high risk children with ARTIs and those who were hospitalized was low.
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Wright, Victoria Jane. "Immune responses to intestinal nematode infections in infants." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431751.
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Al, Tamееmi A. H., Сергій Віталійович Попов, Сергей Витальевич Попов, and Serhii Vitaliiovych Popov. "Hematological features at infants with acute respiratory infections." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/36157.
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Acute respiratory infections are among the most common in childhood. In Ukraine, in 2013 there were more than 5 million cases of such pathology. Most at risk of developing respiratory illnesses (ARI) at infants due to the peculiarities of formation of the immune system. This leads to greater severity of ARI and expressed a significant intoxication syndrome on a background of pronounced inflammatory reactions.
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Van, der Heyde Yolande. "Lower respiratory tract infection in sudden unexpected infant deaths." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14391.
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Pneumonia due to polymicrobial infection is known to increase the severity and risk of fatality among young children. A retrospective study was undertaken on Sudden Unexpected Infant Death cases occurring, between 1 May and 30 September 2009, which were admitted to a medico-legal mortuary servicing the Cape Town western metropole. Published studies have shown the risk factors for lower respiratory tract infection to include lack of breast feeding, prenatal and environmental tobacco smoke exposure, prematurity, immunosuppression, underlying medical conditions and overcrowding. The present study was aimed at determining which of the known epidemiological factors were associated with SUDI death types admitted to this mortuary and to describe the associated histopathology. In addition, in the knowledge that drugs, specifically Methamphetamine are widely used on the Cape Flats from where almost all this mortuary's SUDI cases are derived, this study has attempted to find out whether or not the usage of drugs by the caregiver at the time of infant death was another independent risk factor in SUDI deaths.
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Yako, Elizabeth Matseliso. "Adherence to pre-selected infant feeding practices among mothers on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS programme in the Amathole region, Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001091.
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Infant feeding in the context of HIV/AIDS poses a challenge among mothers. The implementation of UNICEF guidelines on infant feeding, which state that “when replacement feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe, avoidance of all breastfeeding by HIV-infected mothers is recommended” (WHO, 2003:12) are not easy to meet. In more developed countries, where these criteria are met, almost all HIV-infected mothers have ceased to breast feed. Consequently, infants of mothers in these countries are less likely to be infected with HIV postnatally. In South Africa, more specifically in the Eastern Cape, infant feeding is a challenge as a number of UNICEF criteria cannot be met. The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest Provinces in South Africa, with a number of rural communities. Earlier studies have shown that, if mothers select either exclusive breast feeding or exclusive formula feeding, this reduces mother-to-child transmission of HIV. A limited number of studies on adherence to the method of infant feeding selected before delivery were found in the literature, hence the need for the current study. The purpose of the study was to explore adherence to exclusive breast feeding and exclusive formula feeding among mothers with HIV infection and to determine the problems that mothers may be facing in implementing their pre-selected methods.
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Lannergård, Anders. "Serum Amyloid A Protein (SAA) in Healthy and Infected Individuals." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-5774.
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Serum amyloid A protein (SAA) is an acute phase protein that has recently gained increasing interest as a potential marker for disease and treatment monitoring. We investigated SAA and CRP levels in (a) patients with various common infectious diseases (n=98), (b) patients with pyelonephritis (n=37) versus patients with cystitis (n=32), (c) healthy individuals of varying ages (n=231), (d) very immature newborn infants with or without nosocomial infections (NIs) (n=72) and (e) patients with bacterial infections treated with cefuroxime (n=81).
SAA significantly correlated with CRP in viral as well as in bacterial infections (for the total group: r2=0.757, p<0.0001) and showed a systemic inflammatory response in 90% of the patients with cystitis as compared with 23% for CRP. Equally high efficiencies (0.96 and 0.94 for SAA and CRP, respectively) were observed in discriminating between pyelonephritis and cystitis. SAA and high sensitive (hs) CRP were lower in umbilical cords (p<0.0001) and higher in elderly adults (p<0.0001-0.03) than in the other age groups; higher in immature newborn infants than in term infants; and higher in the NI group than in the non-NI group. Interindividual variabilities of the time course of the biomarkers SAA and CRP were considerable. Because of the smoothed distribution of SAA and CRP (i.e. elevations were both essentially unchanged during the first 3 days of cefuroxime treatment), these markers were not useful when deciding parenteral-oral switch of therapy, which occurred within this time period in most cases.
SAA is a sensitive systemic marker in cystitis. SAA and hsCRP in umbilical cord blood are close to the detection limit and increase with age. They increase in relation to NI in very immature newborn infants and might therefore be used in diagnosis and monitoring. Finally, SAA and CRP in adults with bacterial infections could not predict an early parenteral-oral switch of antimicrobial therapy.
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Sung, Rita Yn-Tz. "Acute bronchiolitis in Hong Kong Chinese infants." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339352.
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Stranieri, Inês. "Desenvolvimento de um marcador molecular para o diagnóstico e monitoramento da sepse neonatal bacteriana." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5141/tde-01122014-143621/.
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A sepse bacteriana constitui a causa mais frequente de óbitos neonatais, e seu diagnóstico é complexo devido à inexistência de um teste laboratorial definitivo. O presente estudo desenvolveu uma técnica de amplificação quantitativa (qPCR) do gene 16S rDNA de bactérias tanto para o diagnóstico de sepse neonatal, quanto para avaliar se a qPCR é capaz de monitorar o tratamento. Para ser recrutado o RN deveria apresentar ao menos dois sinais/sintomas sugestivos de sepse, e dois parâmetros laboratoriais alterados. Amostras de sangue foram colhidas no tempo zero (suspeita de sepse), 48 horas e sete dias após o início da antibioticoterapia. Foram analisados 73 RN (21 RNT e 52 RNPT) com suspeita de sepse neonatal. A hemocultura foi positiva em 32 RN (43,8% - sepse confirmada) e negativa em 41 (56,2% - sepse clínica), enquanto a qPCR foi positiva em 65 RN (89%) e negativa em oito casos (11%). Dentre os 32 RN com sepse confirmada (11 RNT e 21 RNPT), neutrofilia foi encontrada em 22 (68,75%), CRP elevada em 21 (65,62%), plaquetopenia em 15 (46,87%) e leucopenia em 14 (43,75%). Foram analisadas 200 amostras dos 73 casos suspeitos, considerando os três tempos de coleta, resultando em 36 hemoculturas positivas (18,0%) e 135 qPCR positivas (67,5%). Nas 36 hemoculturas positivas houve 38 isolamentos. Bactérias Gram-positivas foram encontradas em 32 amostras (84,21%) e Gram-negativas em seis (15,78%). Staphylococcus coagulase negativa predominou dentre as Gram-positivas (75,0%). No grupo de 32 RN com sepse confirmada a qPCR foi positiva em 30 (30/32 - 93,7%). Em 14 casos (47%) a qPCR antecipou o diagnóstico de sepse quando comparada à hemocultura e foi positiva no tempo zero em 22 casos (68,75%), enquanto a hemocultura foi positiva em 11. Dos 41 casos de sepse clínica, a qPCR foi positiva em 35 (85,4%); em 26 casos (74,3%) já no tempo zero. O teste de McNemar encontrou discordância entre os resultados das hemoculturas e qPCR (p<0,0001, IC de 95%), indicando superioridade da qPCR. Houve nove óbitos na casuística, todos com hemocultura e qPCR positiva. Em seis dos nove óbitos somente a terceira hemocultura foi positiva, enquanto a qPCR foi positiva em cinco casos já no tempo zero e não negativou em seis casos. A qPCR empregou a técnica de touchdown, com temperaturas de annealing decaindo de 66 a 62oC, limiar de detecção entre 1-10 UFC/mL. As cargas bacterianas foram em geral baixas (< 50 UFC/mL) mesmo nos casos com sepse confirmada e óbitos, porém quando as medianas das cargas bacterianas no tempo zero dos grupos com sepse confirmada (37,10 UFC/mL) e sepse clínica (24,49 UFC/mL) foram comparadas, foi encontrada uma diferença estatisticamente significante (p=0,0402). O estudo concluiu que a qPCR é capaz de detectar mais casos de sepse neonatal que a hemocultura, antecipando o diagnóstico na maior parte deles. Em relação à monitorização do tratamento, a qPCR apresentou associação com o sucesso ou falha terapêutica, negativou em casos que tiveram evolução favorável, não negativou na maior parte dos óbitos, porém há necessidade de confirmação destes dadosBacterial sepsis constitutes one of the most frequent causes of neonatal deaths and its diagnosis is difficult due to the lack of a definitive laboratorial approach. The present study developed a bacterial 16S rDNA-based quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) both to the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis and to evaluate if qPCR is capable of monitoring antimicrobial treatment. For enrollment, the newborn (NB) should present, at least, two signs/symptoms suggestive of sepsis, and two abnormal laboratory parameters. Blood samples were collected on day zero (suspected sepsis), 48 hours and 7 days after the initiation of antibiotic therapy. Seventy-three newborns with suspected sepsis were recruited (21 term NB and 52 preterm NB), blood culture was positive in 32 (43.8% - confirmed sepsis) and negative in 41 (56.2% - clinical sepsis), while qPCR was positive in 65 (89.0%) and negative in 8 cases (11.0%). Considering the group of 32 NB with confirmed sepsis (11 TNB and 21PTNB), qPCR was positive in 30 (30/32 - 93.7%). Neutrophilia was found in 22 NB (68.75%), elevated CRP in 21 (65.62%), thrombocytopenia in 15 (46.87%) and leukopenia in 14 (43.75%). Of the 73 cases, taking into account the three collected samples (day zero, 48h and 7 days), 200 samples were analyzed, with 36 positive blood culture (18.0%) and 135 positive qPCR (67.5%). Of the 36 positive blood cultures, there were 38 bacterial isolations. Gram-positive bacteria were found in 32 samples (84.21%) and Gram-negative in 6 (15.78%). Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was predominant in the Grampositive group (75.0%). In 14 cases, qPCR anticipated the diagnosis when compared with blood culture, and was positive in 22 cases on day zero (68.75%), whereas blood culture was positive in 11. Among the 41 cases of clinical sepsis, qPCR was positive in 35 (85.4%); of these 26 (74.3%) on day zero. McNemar test found discordance between the results of blood cultures and qPCR (p < 0.0001, CI of 95%), indicating superiority of qPCR. There were nine deaths in the casuistic, all with positive blood culture and qPCR. In six of the nine deaths only the third blood culture was positive, while qPCR was positive in five cases already on day zero, and was still positive in the third sample in 6 cases. The qPCR employed the touchdown technique, with annealing temperatures decreasing from 66 to 62oC, detection threshold between 1-10 CFU/ml. Bacterial loads were generally low ( < 50 CFU/ml), even in those cases with confirmed sepsis and deaths, however when bacterial load medians on day zero were compared between confirmed (37.1 CFU/ml) and clinical (24.49 CFU/ml) sepsis groups, a statistically significant difference was found (p = 0.0402). The study concluded that qPCR can detect more cases of neonatal sepsis than blood culture, anticipating the diagnosis in most of them. Regarding the monitoring of treatment, qPCR was associated with success or treatment failure, became negative in cases that progressed favorably, remained positive in the majority of the deaths, however these data need to be confirmed
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Anibal, Brittany, and Demetrio M. D. Macariola. "Streptococcus Pneumoniae Bacteremia in a Late Preterm Infant." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/84.
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Neonatal sepsis is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. There are two distinct types of sepsis- early and late onset. Group B streptococcus and Listeria are the most common causes of early onset neonatal sepsis historically. Physicians select antibiotics for neonates with fever based on historically common bacterial pathogens such as GBS, Ecoli, Listeria, and Staphylococcal aureus. However, the landscape of bacterial pathogens causing sepsis and fever in neonates seems to be changing. This could potentially change the first choice of antibiotics for this susceptible population.
In this case study, we will present early-onset sepsis in a late preterm infant due to Streptococcus pneumoniae as confirmed by blood culture. The only maternal risk factors present in this case for septicemia were delivery less than 37 weeks. Patient initially had respiratory distress at delivery and required CPAP for 3 days. On day 2 of life, cultures were taken due to acute deterioration. Ampicillin and Gentamycin were given to the patient for empiric coverage initially. On day 2 of antibiotics, cultures were reported positive. Patient’s antibiotics had to be altered at that time to cover the isolated organism. The patient was inadequately treated up until cultures were positive. This case raises the question if Ampicillin and Gentamycin remain the best choice for broad antibiotic coverage in neonates with possible sepsis.
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Peterson, Nancy Jean. "The impact of maternal HIV infection on infant to mother attachment." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057938381.
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Bernhardt, Lizelle. "Factors influencing the implementation of an effective infection control process in a neonatal intensive care unit." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51757.
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Thesis (MCur)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nurses are being held responsible and accountable for the quality of nursing care, which includes quality infection control nursing, they provide. This change in accountability has been brought about by the need to reduce the ever escalating costs of health care. During the 1980's, health care services created a demand for high-quality, efficient, cost-effective and competitively priced health services. In order to provide these services, health care organisations are forced to consider new strategies. This is a process that produces outcomes. Quality improvement methods, which include infection control, help organisations to produce these outcomes. Donabedian (1980) defined high-quality care as "that kind of care which is expected to maximise an inclusive measure of patient welfare, after one has taken account of the balance of expected gains and losses that attend the process of care in all its parts" (Grossman, 1998: 43). Quality improvement in infection control relates to the activities employed to improve the performance of a process, and includes the process of planning and control. Management is responsible and accountable for providing resources In order to implement quality infection control nursing care. The purpose of the study was to identify factors influencing the implementation of an effective infection control process in aNICU. An exploratory and descriptive design with a qualitative orientation was implemented. It consisted of a narrative and a literature study by means of which factors have been identified to influence the implementation of an infection control process in a NICU. The case study design, an indepth analysis of a single unit of study, was utilised in this study as part of the data-gathering process. Recommendctions were made on the macro, meso and micro levels, which included quality circles, hand hygiene and antibiotic usage, in-service education, recognition of personnel, mission statement and the infection control manual. The shortage of human and physical resources in nursing is a global problem. In S.A. there has been no previous study to emphasise the importance of an effective infection control process, and therefore no solutions to the problem have been suggested. The Japanese view with regard to quality circles is recommended.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Verpleegkundiges is verantwoordelik en aanspreeklik vir die gehalte van verpleging wat gelewer word, insluitende gehalte infeksiebeheer verpleging. Hierdie verandering in aanspreeklikheid het voortgespruit uit die behoefte om die voortdurende styging in gesondheidskoste te verminder. Gedurende die 1980s, het 'n aanvraag vir hoë gehalte, kosteeffektiewe en kompeterende gesondheidsorgdienste ontstaan. Gesondheidsorg dienste moes nuwe strategieë oorweeg om in hierdie dienste te kan voorsien. Uitkomste word op hierdie proses gebaseer. Om hierdie uitkomste te bereik, behoort organisasies gehalteverbetering metodes, wat infeksie beheer insluit, te implemeteer. Donabedian (1980) definieer hoë gehalte as "that kind of care which is expected to maximise an inclusive measure of patient welfare, after one has taken account of the balance of expected gains and losses that attend the process of care in all its parts" (Grossman, 1998: 43). Gehalteverbetering in infeksiebeheer , verwys na die aktiwitieite wat geimplementeer word om die uitvoer van In proses te verbeter, insluitende beplanning en beheer. Bestuur is verantwoordelik en aanspreeklik vir die voorsiening van hulpbronne, om gehalte infeksiebeheer verpleegsorg te implementeer. Die doel van die studie was om faktore wat die implementering van 'n effektiewe infeksie beheer proses in 'n NICU beinvloed, te identifiseer. In Verkennende en beskrywende ontwerp, met 'n kwalitatiewe orientering, is geimplementeer. Dit het bestaan uit In narratief en In literatuur studie, waardeur faktore wat die implementering van In effektiewe infeksie beheer proses in 'n NICU beinvloed, geidentifiseer word. Die gevallestudie ontwerp, wat 'n in-diepte ondersoek van In enkele eenheid van studie is, is in hierdie studie gebruik as deel van die data-insamelings proses. Aanbevelings is gemaak of makro, meso en mikro vlak, en sluit in gehalte sirkels, handhigiëne en antibiotika gebruik, indiensopleiding, erkenning van personeel, In missieverklarin~ en ten opsigte van die infeksiebeheerhand- leiding in. Die tekort aan menslike en fisiese hulpbronne in verpleging is I n globale probleem. Aangesien daar nog nie voorheen In studie in S.A. gedoen is om die belang van I n effektiewe infeksiebeheerproses te beklemtoon nie, is daar nog nooit oplossings vir die probleem voorgestel nie. Die Japanese siening van gehalte sirkels word aanbeveel.
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Megazzini, Karen M. "Provision of rapid HIV testing and nevirapine administration in Zambian labor wards to improve population antiretroviral coverage of HIV-infected women and their HIV-exposed infants." Thesis, Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2009r/megazzini.pdf.
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Preda, Iulian. "Infants with urinary tract infection renal damage and risk factors /." Göteborg : Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/21537.
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Harrison, Linda M. "The effect of upper respiratory tract infection and sleeping position on the nasopharyngeal bacterial flora in infancy : possible relevance to sudden infant death syndrome." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287100.
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Eccles, M. "A prospective study of the effects of frequent infection on the energy metabolism of Gambian infants." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.380747.
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Swanson, Marcia W. "Intrauterine infection and neurodevelopmental disability in low birth weight infants /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10934.
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Gilbert, Ruth. "The role of infection in sudden unexpected infant death : a case-control study of infection, sleeping position and thermal insulation." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262071.
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Perez, Ramirez Leilanie. "Lymphopenia in infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439305259.
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Sundaravaradan, Vasudha. "Molecular Mechanism of HIV-1 Infection: Role of Viral and Host Determinants." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2006. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1685%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Hamal, Giuma Fituri. "Respiratory tract infection in infants and young children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365909.
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Ogbonna, Judith C. "Risk of Maternal Smoking on Breastfed Infants and the Development of Otitis Media." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2857.
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Despite advances in health promotion through efforts to reduce tobacco smoking, tobacco-related health conditions have continued to be significant. Exposure to secondhand smoke has been identified as a health risk also in addition to infant health risks related to maternal smoking. In contrast, breastfeeding has been found to promote infant health and is strongly encouraged. Despite literature supporting both of these statements, the combined effects of both breastfeeding and maternal smoking on infant wellbeing have not been delineated. Otitis media represents a common health problem among infants and young children. Tobacco exposure has been shown to increase its incidence while breastfeeding has been shown to reduce its occurrence. In the current study, a consecutive sample of all infants less than 5 years of age with otitis media and breastfed for at least 6 months was collected from a busy urban clinic for analysis. A survey tool was administered to those meeting study criteria. Primary analysis examined the odds ratio of developing otitis media among breastfed infants between those whose mothers smoked tobacco and those whose mothers did not. As a result, the association between the protective effects of breastfeeding and the detrimental effects of maternal smoking was evaluated in relation to the development of otitis media. Secondary variables including demographics, family history, past medical and birth history, and secondhand smoke exposure were also assessed. Results failed to demonstrate a significant difference in otitis media between the 2 cohorts in this study, and of the secondary variables, only cranio-facial deformities and/or a family history of these conditions resulted in higher otitis media occurrence. Further study with larger populations with higher tobacco use rates may offer additional insights into this matter.