Retrospective analysis of necrotizing pneumonia in children between 2015-2019.

INTRODUCTION: An increased incidence rate of cases of complicated pneumonia, reaching up to the stage of necrotizing pneumonia was observed at University Hospital Brno in the past period. The aim of this study was to perform a single-center retrospective analysis of patients with acquired inflammatory lung disease requiring surgical treatment, comprising a long-term follow-up group. METHODS: Patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia and surgically treated in the years 2015-2019 were analyzed. The rates of necessary chest drainages, decortications and lung resections in relation to the whole group and individual years were monitored. Clinical and X-ray examinations were performed one year after hospitalization and the prognosis was determined for individual types of required treatments. The age, gender and etiological agents were also monitored. RESULTS: A total of 688 patients were included in the study with the incidence rising until 2018 and decreasing slightly in 2019. A statistically significantly higher number of community-acquired pneumonias and complications was recorded between 2017 and 2018 (p.

Acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy due to Clostridioides difficile infection in a 15-year-old boy

Acute gastroenteritis is commonly seen in pediatric clinical practice. It is a largely self-limited disease with a benign course. We present a case of teenager with gastroenteritis resulting in severe acute kidney injury. The decline in glomerular filtration was so significant that renal replacement therapy had to be initiated. We had to continue in intermitent hemodialysis for seven days until sufficient improvement in renal function. Clostridioides difficile was identified as a cause of vomiting, bloody diarrhea and subsequent dehydration. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of C. difficile-associated diarrhea accompanied by acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy in a child.