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BACKGROUND: The year 2021 was a year that can be perceived as a stressful event given the considerable lifestyle changes that have occurred worldwide due to the pandemic. Several studies have investigated the psychological impact on people during this time period. However, only a few of them have investigated the impact on young children in Saudi Arabia (SA) specifically. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety in children living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study that included the parents of 388 children aged 6-9 years living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was conducted from June to November 2021. The parents completed an electronic survey that included the Arabic version of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale. The data were analyzed using John's Macintosh Project (JMP) software version 10.0 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). RESULTS: A total of 388 responses were collected. The data revealed that 37 (9.5%) participants experienced anxiety. Furthermore, the prevalence of anxiety was higher among females (5.15%) as compared to males (4.38%), but the difference was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: These findings highlight the importance of recognizing the psychological burden in young populations and emphasize the importance of taking children's well-being into account.
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In the last decade Leuconostoc species have been reported with increasing frequency as human pathogens, causing bacteremia, meningitis and peritonitis. We report here a child with short-bowel syndrome who developed bacteremia following multiple surgeries for necrotizing enterocolitis. Leuconostoc species was isolated from the blood cultures. The child was successfully treated with ampicillin and gentamycin. He however remained total parenteral nutrition dependent due to his multiple abnormalities. We call the attention of microbiologists and pediatricians to this emerging pathogen, which is intrinsically resistant to vancomycin and can be misidentified in the microbiology laboratory as Viridans streptococci or Enterococci. Increased awareness by clinicians of this organism is called for, if it is to be recognized and appropriately treated.