Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in children less than 5 years of age in Manhiça, a rural area of southern Mozambique

Recurrent episcleritis in children less than 5 years of age.

BACKGROUND Episcleritis, though common in adults, is a rare disease in children. Episcleritis is associated with systemic diseases in a third of cases in adults. Here we describe systemic diseases associated with recurrent episcleritis in children less than five years of age. METHODS This Retrospective Observational case series study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology of Ayub Te...

Detection of Adnovirus in children less than 5 years old with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) from Bogota, Colombia.

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) has a great impact on children less than five years of age, producing high levels of morbidity and mortality. Worldwide, AGE is mainly related to viruses, mainly rotavirus but human adenovirus (HAdV) in particular as an important etiologic agent. Among HAdV species F, genotypes 40 and 41 are responsible for a high number of diarrhea cases, mainly in children under 2 ...

Renal transplantation in children less than 5 years of age.

19 young children (less than 5 years old) have received 31 renal transplants from 4 live relatives and 27 cadaver donors. The 2-year allograft survival rate for the patients receiving their 1st allograft from the 4 live donors was 75 +/- 22% while for the patients receiving their 1st allograft from 15 cadaver donors was 26 +/- 11%. 10 children are currently surviving with functioning allographs...

Serotypes and Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance in Strains Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children Less than 5 Years of Age

OBJECTIVE The serotypes and patterns of antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) strains that cause invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in infants were analyzed to provide guidance for clinical disease prevention and treatment. METHODS The clinical features of confirmed IPD were evaluated in 61 patients, less than 5 years of age, who were admitted to our hospital betw...

Characterization of Haemophilus influenzae obtained from invasive diseases in Cuban children under five years of age.