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N Engl J Med ; 362(4): 314-9, 2010 Jan 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20107217

RESUMO

Live pentavalent human-bovine reassortant rotavirus vaccine is recommended in the United States for routine immunization of infants. We describe three infants, two with failure to thrive, who had dehydration and diarrhea within 1 month after their first or second rotavirus immunization and subsequently received a diagnosis of severe combined immunodeficiency. Rotavirus was detected, by means of reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assay, in stool specimens obtained from all three infants, and gene-sequence analysis revealed the presence of vaccine rotavirus. These infections raise concerns regarding the safety of rotavirus vaccine in severely immunocompromised patients.


Assuntos
Infecções por Rotavirus/etiologia , Vacinas contra Rotavirus/efeitos adversos , Rotavirus/isolamento & purificação , Imunodeficiência Combinada Severa/complicações , DNA Viral/análise , Desidratação/etiologia , Diarreia Infantil/etiologia , Insuficiência de Crescimento/etiologia , Fezes/virologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , RNA Viral/análise , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Rotavirus/genética , Infecções por Rotavirus/virologia , Alinhamento de Sequência , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Imunodeficiência Combinada Severa/terapia , Transplante de Células-Tronco , Eliminação de Partículas Virais
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Pediatrics ; 148(2)2021 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34326177

RESUMO

A 12-year-old Hispanic girl presented with fatigue, lightheadedness, and intermittent headaches. She was depressed and appeared pale to her mother. Her examination was unremarkable except for palpebral conjunctival pallor and was otherwise noncontributory. She had a profound hypoproliferative microcytic anemia with low iron level, low transferrin saturation, and a normal ferritin level. The patient experienced improvement in clinical symptoms following transfusion of packed red blood cells and oral iron therapy. At follow-up 2 months later, she presented with similar symptoms and persistent microcytic anemia with low iron levels. Her ferritin level was increased along with markedly elevated C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. An oral iron challenge demonstrated lack of absorption, and hepcidin level was also significantly elevated. Thorough gastrointestinal and rheumatologic evaluations were performed to search for a source of inflammation. Key components of the patient's social history supplemented by serology, radiographic, and pathologic findings ultimately cinched an unexpected diagnosis.


Assuntos
Tuberculose dos Linfonodos/diagnóstico , Abdome , Anemia Hipocrômica/etiologia , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Pelve , Tuberculose dos Linfonodos/complicações , Tuberculose dos Linfonodos/cirurgia
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Pediatr Infect Dis J ; 28(4): 337-9, 2009 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19258921

RESUMO

Rhinovirus is a respiratory virus most typically associated with the common cold and asthma exacerbations, and has not traditionally been considered to play a major role in severe lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). As part of a surveillance program for respiratory pathogens of public health importance, children consecutively admitted to intensive care for LRTI at a large tertiary children's hospital were tested with polymerase chain reaction for 11 respiratory viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae from February 21 to October 31, 2007; 43 cases were enrolled and rhinovirus was the most frequently detected pathogen, with 21 (49%) positive. Rhinovirus cases frequently were young (median age, 1.4 years [range, 44 days-15 years]), hospitalized for pneumonia (10; 48%), had chronic underlying illnesses (15; 71%), had abnormal chest radiographs (18; 86%), required mechanical ventilation (12; 57%), and had prolonged hospitalization (median length, 7 days [range, 1-29 days]). Coinfection with other viruses or bacteria was common (10; 47%). Rhinovirus may be associated with more severe LRTI in children than previously reported, particularly in the noninfluenza, nonrespiratory syncytial virus season.


Assuntos
Infecções por Picornaviridae/diagnóstico , Infecções por Picornaviridae/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Viral/diagnóstico , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Rhinovirus/isolamento & purificação , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Lactente , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/genética , Infecções por Picornaviridae/induzido quimicamente , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/diagnóstico , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/epidemiologia , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/microbiologia , Pneumonia Viral/virologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Rhinovirus/genética
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Clin Infect Dis ; 46(3): 421-5, 2008 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18173356

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Adenoviruses are associated with sporadic infection and community and institutional outbreaks; they can cause especially severe disease in infants, young children, immunocompromised persons, and transplant recipients. Fifty-two adenovirus serotypes have been recognized and classified within 7 subgroups or species (A-G), with limited data available on associated clinical syndromes and disease severity in more than one-half of the known serotypes. METHODS: We describe the clinical presentation and virologic characterization of 1 adult and 2 pediatric patients admitted to 2 separate hospitals during April-May 2006 with severe acute respiratory tract infection. All patients had underlying chronic pulmonary disease; none were severely immunocompromised. All 3 experienced serious chronic sequelae or died. RESULTS: Adenovirus was isolated from all 3 case patients. Adenovirus serotype 14, a subspecies B2 serotype not previously associated with severe clinical illness, was confirmed by neutralization assay and sequencing of the hexon gene. Restriction enzyme analysis with BamHI, BglII, HindIII, and SmaI showed all 3 viruses to be identical and to belong to a new genome type that we have designated "Ad14a." CONCLUSIONS: Our identification of severe respiratory illness due to a previously rarely reported adenovirus serotype may signify the emergence in the United States of a new genomic variant that has the potential to spread globally and cause epidemics. These case reports highlight the need for rapid diagnosis and improved surveillance, with serotyping and molecular characterization, to identify emerging variants of adenovirus, which may assist with targeted development of antiviral agents or type-specific vaccines.


Assuntos
Infecções por Adenovirus Humanos/virologia , Adenovírus Humanos/classificação , Pneumonia Viral/virologia , Adenovírus Humanos/isolamento & purificação , Pré-Escolar , Evolução Fatal , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Testes de Neutralização , Mapeamento por Restrição
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