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Acute respiratory viral infections pose a significant healthcare burden on the pediatric population globally, but data on the dissemination pattern in the community due to the COVID-19 pandemic are scarce. We conducted a two-year prospective multicenter study in Catalonia (Spain) that examined the prevalence and coinfection dynamics of respiratory viruses among 1276 pediatric patients from different age groups attending primary care. Coinfection analysis demonstrated complex patterns and revealed a coinfection rate of 23.8% for SARS-CoV-2, often in association with rhinovirus or influenza A. This study provides valuable data to understand post-pandemic viral interactions, which is imperative for public health interventions.
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The prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition is not well defined. We describe a cohort of 244 children diagnosed with COVID-19 and followed up for 6 months, in which 4.9% of patients had persistent symptoms at 12 weeks. Anosmia was the most frequent symptom. Being female and having more than 3 symptoms in acute infection were associated with an increased risk of post-COVID.
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COVID-19 , Humans , Female , Child , Male , Prevalence , COVID-19/epidemiology , Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome , Chronic Disease , Risk Factors , HospitalsABSTRACT
La infección por Pantoea agglomerans es muy rara de forma global y particularmente en Pediatría. La mayoría de las infecciones que causa son nosocomiales en pacientes inmunodeprimidos. Se han descrito infecciones articulares tras punción con espinas vegetales dando lugar a artritis, sinovitis u osteítis; meningitis o septicemia neonatal tras la contaminación de la nutrición parenteral o transfusiones de hematíes; infecciones de orina o respiratorias y peritonitis. En inmunocompetentes las infecciones son excepcionales, por lo que se aconseja realizar estudio de inmunidad, como en nuestro caso. El germen es muy resistente a antibióticos betalactámicos y para erradicarlo suele ser necesario tratar según antibiograma
Pantoea agglomerans infections are very rare globally and particularly in Pediatrics. Most of them are nosocomial and affect immnunosuppresed patients. Articular infections have been described after puncture with plant thorns giving rise to arthritis, synovitis or osteitis; they also can cause meningitis or neonatal septicemia after contamination of parenteral nutrition or red blood cell transfusions; urinary or respiratory infections, and peritonitis. In immunocompetent patients the infections are exceptional, so it is advisable to perform an immunity study, as in our case. The germ is very resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics and to eradicate it, it is usually necessary to treat according to antibiogram
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Humans , Female , Child , Urinary Tract Infections/microbiology , Pantoea/isolation & purification , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/diagnosis , Immunocompromised Host/immunology , Pantoea/pathogenicity , Dysuria/etiologyABSTRACT
La varicela es una enfermedad de distribución universal. La vacunación universal ha disminuido la incidencia de varicela en los últimos años. El herpes zóster en los vacunados es posible, pero su incidencia es entre 4 y 12 veces menor que entre los no vacunados. En la infancia, el herpes zóster suele ser leve, autolimitado, bien tolerado y habitualmente solo requiere tratamiento sintomático. Se presenta un caso de herpes zóster en una niña vacunada cinco meses antes, con buena evolución
Chickenpox is a disease of universal distribution. Universal vaccination has decreased the incidence of varicella in recent years. Herpes zoster after vaccination is possible but its incidence is between 4 to 12 times lower than among the unvaccinated. In childhood, herpes zoster is usually mild, self-limiting, well tolerated and usually only requires symptomatic treatment. We present a case of herpes zoster in a child vaccinated five months earlier, with good evolution
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Humans , Female , Infant , Herpes Zoster/diagnosis , Chickenpox Vaccine/administration & dosage , Exanthema/etiology , Chickenpox/prevention & controlABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical significance of renal calyceal microlithiasis (RCM) in children with idiopathic hypercalciuria (IHC). MATERIAL AND METHODS: RCM is a renal echographic finding defined as the presence of hyperechogenic spots < 3 mm in diameter in the renal calyces. These spots have been associated with the presence of nephrourological symptoms in children and are considered to represent a stage prior to urolithiasis. We reviewed the medical records of 103 children (63 girls, 40 boys; age range 1-14 years; mean age 6.57 years) referred for various complaints who had IHC. Renal echography was routinely performed. At diagnosis, 52 children had RCM, 35 showed normal echography, 14 had calculi and two presented nephrocalcinosis. A long-term follow-up study was carried out to compare the clinical manifestations, analytic data and renal echographic findings of patients with RCM and those with normal echography. RESULTS: The clinical manifestations and the results of biochemical studies did not differ significantly between the two groups. Renal sonographic findings during the follow-up period revealed that, of patients with initial RCM, 35 showed normalized sonographic findings, two developed calculi and 36 developed recurrent RCM. Of the children with normal initial echography, 17 developed RCM and three developed calculi. The risk of developing lithiasis was less in children with RCM than in those with normal initial renal echography (0.04 vs 0.09), the relative risk being 0.45 (95% CI 0.08-2.55). The clinical and analytic differences between the group of 14 children with initial lithiasis and the other two groups previously described were also analyzed and no significant differences were found. An ongoing echographic study of these patients showed that the echograph was normalized in 10 children at some point or other, while seven developed RCM (four unilateral, three bilateral). In 13 cases the lithiasis reappeared, and the relative risk of recurrent lithiasis compared with those who initially showed no lithiasis was 16.16 (CI 95% 6.81-38.31). CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that up to 85% of children with IHC presented RCM in follow-up sonographies. This echographic finding, which may appear and disappear at different points during follow-up, does not seem to indicate an increased risk of lithiasis.