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Influenza Humana , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Antivirais/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Surtos de Doenças , Humanos , Imunização , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Influenza Humana/diagnóstico , Influenza Humana/epidemiologia , Influenza Humana/terapia , Influenza Humana/virologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neuraminidase/antagonistas & inibidores , Seleção de Pacientes , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/antagonistas & inibidoresAssuntos
Antivirais/uso terapêutico , Vírus da Influenza A/efeitos dos fármacos , Vírus da Influenza B/efeitos dos fármacos , Influenza Humana/tratamento farmacológico , Influenza Humana/prevenção & controle , Adolescente , Antivirais/administração & dosagem , Antivirais/efeitos adversos , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Lactente , Influenza Humana/virologiaAssuntos
Infecções Respiratórias/terapia , Viroses/terapia , Fatores Etários , Bronquiolite Viral/terapia , Hospitalização , Humanos , Lactente , Vacinas contra Influenza/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Vírus da Parainfluenza 3 Humana , Infecções Respiratórias/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Respirovirus/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Respirovirus/terapia , Ribavirina/uso terapêutico , Viroses/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of serious bacterial infections in children. We undertook a study to identify meningococcal infections of the blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or both of children in a defined geographic area to describe the burden of disease and the spectrum of illness. We reviewed the medical records of all children aged <18 years who had meningococcal infections at the 4 pediatric referral hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1981 through 1996. We identified 231 patients with meningococcal disease; of these 231 patients, 194 (84%) had overt disease and 37 (16%) had unsuspected disease. Clinical manifestations included meningitis in 150 patients, hypotension in 26, and purpura in 17. Sixteen patients (7%) died. Although meningococcal disease is devastating to a small number of children, we found that the burden of pediatric disease that it caused at the 4 pediatric referral centers in this geographic region was limited; that patients with overt meningococcal disease are most likely to have meningitis; and that individual practitioners are unlikely to encounter a patient with unsuspected meningococcal disease.
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Infecções Meningocócicas/epidemiologia , Neisseria meningitidis , Adolescente , Boston/epidemiologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Estudos ProspectivosRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To better understand the spectrum of disease among hospitalised children infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and to assess the potential impact of passive immunoprophylaxis on RSV hospitalisation rates, we analysed all patients infected with RSV who were admitted to a paediatric teaching hospital over a 3-year period. DESIGN: We performed a retrospective chart review of all paediatric patients from whom RSV was isolated between October 1, 1994 and April 30, 1997. RESULTS: A total of 255 children infected with RSV were hospitalised during this 3-year period. 246 (96%) patients had community acquired infections and 9 (4%) had nosocomial infections. Excluding patients with nosocomial infections, the mean length of hospital stay was 4.7 days. 70 (28%) children were admitted to the intensive care unit, 32 (13%) were intubated and there was a total of 4 deaths (1.6%). 48% of hospitalised patients were in 1 of 4 previously recognised high risk groups. Of the 52% of patients not in a defined high risk category, 42% were otherwise healthy infants (>6 weeks of age) and 10% had chronic underlying illnesses generally not associated with an increased risk of severe RSV disease. Patients not in a defined high risk category accounted for 46% of total hospital days. CONCLUSION: In order to reduce overall RSV hospitalisation rates and the economic burden to society, programmes for disease prevention must be directed at healthy infants as well as children in recognised high risk categories. Even if all currently eligible candidates were to have received passive immunoprophylaxis, which yields about a 50% reduction in hospitalisation rates, the number of RSV hospitalisations in our 3-year study would have been reduced by no more than 9%. Without development and widespread use of an effective RSV vaccine, a major impact on RSV-induced hospitalisation is unlikely.
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Imunização Passiva , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/epidemiologia , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/prevenção & controle , Feminino , Hospitalização , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Tempo de Internação , Masculino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medição de Risco , Estações do AnoRESUMO
Sequencing studies of limited regions of the human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) genomes have helped describe patterns of virus circulation and characterize institutional outbreaks of HPIVs-associated respiratory illness. In this study, we sequenced reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-amplified HPIVs RNA obtained from a multiplex RT-PCR assay described previously for simultaneous detection of HPIV-1, 2 and 3. Differences in the nucleotide sequences of limited regions of the HN gene allowed us to distinguish temporally and geographically diverse HPIV isolates (43 HPIV-1, 7 HPIV-2, 12 HPIV-3 isolates from this and previously published studies). In addition, an outbreak of HPIV-3-associated illness among infants on a pediatric ward was investigated by comparing sequences of three ward isolates with three matched community controls. Sequences of all ward isolates were identical and differed from those of the community controls, suggesting a single introduction and nosocomial transmission of the virus. Combining multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays with direct sequencing of the PCR products can provide an integrated system for rapid diagnosis and characterization of HPIVs.
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Vírus da Parainfluenza 1 Humana/genética , Vírus da Parainfluenza 2 Humana/genética , Vírus da Parainfluenza 3 Humana/genética , Infecções por Paramyxoviridae/epidemiologia , Criança , DNA Viral/análise , Proteína HN/genética , Humanos , Epidemiologia Molecular , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Vírus da Parainfluenza 1 Humana/isolamento & purificação , Vírus da Parainfluenza 2 Humana/isolamento & purificação , Vírus da Parainfluenza 3 Humana/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Paramyxoviridae/diagnóstico , Infecções por Paramyxoviridae/virologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
OBJECTIVE: We developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the quantitation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in respiratory secretions in intubated patients infected with RSV. METHODS: We compared the quantitative ELISA and a standardized plaque assay in intubated children <2 years of age who were mechanically ventilated for severe RSV disease and enrolled in a randomized double blind placebo-controlled treatment trial of a monoclonal antibody to the F protein of RSV (palivizumab; Synagis). We also examined the relationship between the concentrations of virus as measured by ELISA and of three inflammatory indices in respiratory secretions (white blood cell count, myeloperoxidase and eosinophilic cationic protein). RESULTS: Quantitative ELISA and plaque assay were highly correlated for both tracheal aspirates (r = 0.67, P = 0.001) and nasal wash specimens (r = 0.75, P = 0.001). Treatment with palivizumab significantly neutralized RSV in tracheal aspirates as measured by plaque assay. In contrast quantitation of RSV by ELISA was not affected by palivizumab treatment. This finding is consistent with results that were obtained in preliminary studies of RSV-containing media treated with monoclonal antibody, where we found that the ELISA measured virus whether antibody-bound or not. The inflammatory indices were not correlated with RSV concentration measured by ELISA or plaque assay. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that this quantitative ELISA is a potentially useful tool for measurement of RSV concentration in respiratory secretions that may help elucidate the pathophysiology of acute RSV infection. Specific antiviral strategies for the treatment of RSV disease could be evaluated by this method.
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Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Mediadores da Inflamação/análise , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/diagnóstico , Vírus Sinciciais Respiratórios/isolamento & purificação , Pré-Escolar , Método Duplo-Cego , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Intubação Intratraqueal , Masculino , Mucosa Nasal/metabolismo , Mucosa Nasal/virologia , Respiração Artificial , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Traqueia/metabolismo , Traqueia/virologiaRESUMO
The clinical challenge lies in recognizing cases not fully meeting the syndrome's diagnostic criteria and those that strongly resemble a variety of infectious and reactive disorders. Prompt treatment with high-dose intravenous immune globulin in combination with aspirin can significantly reduce the frequency and severity of cardiovascular complications.
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Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/uso terapêutico , Aspirina/uso terapêutico , Imunoglobulinas Intravenosas/uso terapêutico , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/terapia , Doença Aguda , Assistência ao Convalescente , Doenças Cardiovasculares/etiologia , Pré-Escolar , Terapia Combinada , Convalescença , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/complicações , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/epidemiologia , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/imunologiaRESUMO
Kawasaki syndrome (KS) is the major cause of acquired heart disease in children. Although acute myocarditis is observed in most patients with KS, its pathogenesis is unknown. Because antimyosin autoantibodies are present in autoimmune myocarditis and rheumatic carditis, the purpose of the current study was to determine whether anticardiac myosin Abs might be present during the acute stage of KS. Sera from KS patients as well as age-matched febrile controls and normal adults were compared for reactivity with human cardiac myosin in ELISAs and Western blot assays. A total of 5 of 13 KS sera, as compared with 5 of 8 acute rheumatic fever sera, contained Ab titers to human cardiac myosin that were significantly higher than those found in control sera. Both cardiac and skeletal myosins were recognized in the ELISA by KS sera, although stronger reactivity was observed to human cardiac myosin. Only IgM antimyosin Abs from KS sera were significantly elevated relative to control sera. KS sera containing antimyosin Abs recognized synthetic peptides from the light meromyosin region of the human cardiac myosin molecule and had a different pattern of reactivity than acute rheumatic fever sera, further supporting the association of antimyosin Ab with KS. These Abs may contribute to the pathogenesis of acute myocarditis found in patients with KS.
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Autoanticorpos/sangue , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/imunologia , Miocárdio/imunologia , Miosinas/imunologia , Adulto , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Especificidade de Anticorpos , Autoanticorpos/toxicidade , Western Blotting , Linhagem Celular , Criança , Testes Imunológicos de Citotoxicidade , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Humanos , Soros Imunes/toxicidade , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Miocárdio/citologia , Subfragmentos de Miosina/imunologia , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/síntese química , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/imunologia , RatosRESUMO
We conducted a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a humanized monoclonal antibody against a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion protein (SB 209763) to evaluate its safety, pharmacokinetics, and fusion inhibition and neutralization titers. Forty-three infants who were either delivered prematurely (=35 weeks' gestation) or exhibited bronchopulmonary dysplasia were administered either single or repeat (two doses, 8 weeks apart) intramuscular injections of SB 209763 at a concentration of 0.25, 1.25, 5.0, or 10.0 mg/kg or of a placebo. Four of 229 adverse events were considered related to the study drug, including purpura (n = 3) and thrombocytosis (n = 1). No subject developed a detectable level of anti-SB 209763 antibody. Approximately 1 week after administration of the second dose of SB 209763 at 10 mg/kg, the mean plasma concentration (n = 9) was 68.5 micrograms/ml. The terminal half-life (T1/2) determined by noncompartmental analysis ranged from 22 to 50 days. The population pharmacokinetics for SB 209763 following intramuscular administration was appropriately described by a one-compartment model with first-order input and elimination. Higher values for clearance and volume of distribution at steady state were observed for younger patients, with values decreasing to 0.143 (ml/h)/kg and 161 mL/kg, respectively, by a mean age of 298 days (approximately 10 months). The mean T1/2 of SB 209763 for the study population was 32.5 days. No other factor (dose, weight, gender, race, premature birth, or bronchopulmonary dysplasia) was observed to alter the population pharmacokinetics of SB 209763 in this study of infants and young children. The mean neutralization titer on day 6 was 286, and the mean fusion inhibition titer was 36. At least 57% of subjects dosed at 1.25 to 10.0 mg of SB 209763 per kg of body weight who were seronegative at baseline experienced a fourfold or greater increase in fusion inhibition titer. Nine RSV infections were documented during the 16-week course of the study; the numbers of RSV infections were similar for the different regimens, including the placebo. The doses of SB 209763 studied may have been insufficient to confer protection against RSV lower respiratory tract disease; these results suggest that additional trials using higher doses of monoclonal antibody for immunoprophylaxis should be considered.
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Anticorpos Monoclonais/administração & dosagem , Anticorpos Antivirais/administração & dosagem , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/imunologia , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/prevenção & controle , Vírus Sinciciais Respiratórios/imunologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais/efeitos adversos , Anticorpos Monoclonais/farmacocinética , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , Pré-Escolar , Método Duplo-Cego , Feminino , Meia-Vida , Humanos , Lactente , Injeções Intramusculares , MasculinoAssuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais/uso terapêutico , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/prevenção & controle , Vírus Sinciciais Respiratórios/imunologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais/efeitos adversos , Anticorpos Monoclonais/farmacocinética , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Recém-Nascido Prematuro , Palivizumab , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health convened a workshop on Kawasaki disease, May 1997, co-chaired by Drs. Karyl Barron and Stanford Shulman. The goal of the workshop was to review the latest scientific advances relating to the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and complications of Kawasaki disease, along with future therapeutic options and proposed future research directions.
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Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos , Doença das Coronárias/etiologia , Educação , Previsões , Humanos , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/complicações , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/epidemiologia , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/fisiopatologia , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/terapia , National Institutes of Health (U.S.) , Estados Unidos , Vasculite/etiologiaRESUMO
Thirty-five children <2 years of age mechanically ventilated for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection were randomized to receive an intravenous infusion of 15 mg/kg MEDI-493 or placebo. RSV concentration was measured in tracheal secretions by plaque assay before and at 24-h intervals after treatment. The reduction in tracheal RSV concentration from day 0 to day 1 (-1.7+/-0.28 vs. -0. 6+/-0.21 log10 pfu/mL; P=.004) and from day 0 to day 2 (-2.5+/-0.26 vs. -1.0+/-0.41 log10 pfu/mL; P=.012) was significantly greater in the MEDI-493 group than in the placebo group. RSV concentration in nasal aspirates did not differ significantly between the groups. No significant differences were observed in the tracheal aspirate white blood cell count, or myeloperoxidase or eosinophilic cationic protein concentration, or in measures of disease severity between the groups. Thus, treatment with 15 mg/kg MEDI-493 intravenously was well-tolerated and significantly reduced RSV concentration in tracheal aspirates of children with respiratory failure due to RSV.
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Anticorpos Monoclonais/uso terapêutico , Proteína HN , Respiração Artificial , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/terapia , Vírus Sinciciais Respiratórios/isolamento & purificação , Traqueia/virologia , Proteínas Virais/imunologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais/administração & dosagem , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Infusões Intravenosas , Intubação , Masculino , Palivizumab , Vírus Sinciciais Respiratórios/fisiologia , Proteínas do Envelope Viral , Proteínas Virais de Fusão/imunologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin administered intravenously (RSV-IGIV) in reducing hospitalization for treatment of RSV in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS: Children younger than 4 years of age were randomly assigned to a treatment group receiving RSV-IGIV, 750 mg/kg, monthly or to a control group not receiving infusions. Surveillance for respiratory tract infections was carried out and management decisions were made by physicians blinded to treatment group. RESULTS: Hospitalization for treatment of an RSV infection occurred in 32 of 214 (15%) of control children and 21 of 202 (10%) of the children receiving RSV-IGIV, a 31% reduction (P = .16). However, in infants younger than 6 months of age at study entry, 20 of 82 (24%) in the control group and 10 of 96 (10%) in the RSV-IGIV group had RSV hospitalizations (58% reduction, P = .01). The incidence of hospitalization for any respiratory tract symptomatology was lower in the RSV-IGIV group (34 of 202, 17%) than in the control group (57 of 214, 27%; P = .02). There was a significantly higher frequency of unanticipated cyanotic episodes and of poor outcomes after surgery among children with cyanotic CHD in the RSV-IGIV group (22 of 78, 28%) than in the control group (4 of 47, 8.5%; P = .009). CONCLUSION: RSV-IGIV should not be used for prophylaxis of RSV disease in children with cyanotic CHD. RSV-IGIV did not reduce RSV hospitalization in all children with CHD, but it was effective in preventing RSV hospitalization in infants younger than 6 months of age. Further studies in these children are indicated.
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Cardiopatias Congênitas/complicações , Imunoglobulinas Intravenosas/uso terapêutico , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/complicações , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/prevenção & controle , Vírus Sinciciais Respiratórios , Fatores Etários , Pré-Escolar , Cianose/complicações , Humanos , Lactente , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica , Estudos Prospectivos , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/reabilitação , Método Simples-CegoAssuntos
Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/tratamento farmacológico , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/etiologia , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/imunologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: In adults a subtle encephalopathy characterized primarily by memory impairment, irritability and somnolence may occur months to years after classic manifestations of Lyme disease. However, only limited information is available about whether there is an equivalent disorder in children. METHODS: Case series of five children seen in a Lyme disease clinic in a university referral center for evaluation of neurocognitive symptoms that developed near the onset of infection or months after classic manifestations of Lyme disease. The diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms, serologic reactivity to Borrelia burgdorferi and intrathecal antibody production to the spirochete. Evaluation included detailed neuropsychologic testing. After evaluation the children were treated with intravenous ceftriaxone for 2 or 4 weeks. Follow-up was done in the clinic and a final assessment was made by telephone 2 to 7 years after treatment. RESULTS: Along with or months after erythema migrans, cranial neuropathy or Lyme arthritis, the five children developed behavioral changes, forgetfulness, declining school performance, headache or fatigue and in two cases a partial complex seizure disorder. All five patients had IgG antibody responses to B. burgdorferi in serum as well as intrathecal IgG antibody production to the spirochete. Two patients had CSF pleocytoses and three did not. Despite normal intellectual functioning the five children had mild to moderate deficits in auditory or visual sequential processing. After ceftriaxone therapy, the four children in whom follow-up information was available experienced gradual improvement in symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Children may develop neurocognitive symptoms along with or after classic manifestations of Lyme disease. This may represent an infectious or postinfectious encephalopathy related to B. burgdorferi infection.