Toxoplasmosis in young Jamaicans.

abstract：:The seroepidemiology of infection due to rubella virus in Saudi Arabia was investigated in various age groups including unvaccinated children (newborn to 15 years of age) using a newer rubella antibody test system, the ELISA with maximum sensitivity and reliability. The assessment of the immune status indicated the lo...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Hossain A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study of rachitic children in Jos, Nigeria we concluded that inadequate dietary intake of calcium was the primary contributing factor to the development of their rickets. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of calcium supplementation in 10 children with radiographically and bio...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Thacher T,Glew RH,Isichei C,Lawson JO,Scariano JK,Hollis BW,VanderJagt DJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Antiretroviral therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is not routinely used in the management of human immunodeficiency virus, but may be useful in pediatric patients who are prone to altered pharmacokinetics. Data on the routine use of antiretroviral TDM in pediatrics are sparse especially data from sub-Sahara...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Engelbrecht AE,Wiesner L,Norman J,Rabie H,Decloedt EH

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Missed opportunities and inappropriately time immunization substantially reduced the coverage achieved in Mozambique and Guinea Conakry. During coverage surveys in Mozambique, we noted dates of attendance at a health facility for growth monitoring or vaccination, and in Conakry we also abstracted dates of curative car...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Cutts FT,Zell ER,Soares AC,Diallo S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As fewer children in Thailand are exposed to hepatitis A virus (HAV) and so do not have seroprotective anti-HAV antibodies, they are becoming an important source of HAV transmission. A flexible HAV vaccination schedule would facilitate incorporation of the vaccine into existing immunization programmes, and we compared...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Lolekha S,Pratuangtham S,Punpanich W,Bowonkiratikachorn P,Chimabutra K,Weber F

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysozyme level was measured in the fluid and serum of 42 tuberculous (25 pleural, 11 ascites and 6 pericardial) and 29 non-tuberculous (5 malignant, 9 empyema thoracis, 10 transudative ascites and 5 pyopericardium) effusions. The mean fluid lysozyme level was significantly raised in tuberculous pleural, ascites, and p...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mishra OP,Yusuf S,Ali Z,Nath G

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to determine the vitamin A status and nutritional intake of carotenoids of 213 children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years in a rural community in Nigeria. There were 109 males and 104 females. A total of 57 (26.8 per cent) children were deficient in serum retinol levels (< 10 microg/d...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Oso OO,Abiodun PO,Omotade OO,Oyewole D

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing mortality pattern of children after discharge from hospital is important to guide appropriate management policy. We studied young children aged 1-23 months, who were discharged from an urban Diarrhoea Treatment Hospital. Children were enrolled on discharge from the hospital, and followed at home after 6 and ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Islam MA,Rahman MM,Mahalanabis D,Rahman AK

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio of a low cost liquid crystal strip thermometer (LCT) compared with axillary mercury thermometry for the detection of neonatal hypothermia in Nepal. The subjects were 76 healthy newborns in the government maternity hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal in winter. The...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Manandhar N,Ellis M,Manandhar DS,Morley D,de L Costello AM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed the pathogen distribution in bloodstream-infected (BSI) children hospitalized in Shandong Province from 2015 to 2018, to identify prevention strategies and select empiric antimicrobial therapy for BSI in children. Blood sample data from 14 107 children from 162 hospitals of Shandong Province were o...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Wang C,Hao W,Yu R,Wang X,Zhang J,Wang B

更新日期：2020-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cassia occidentalis toxicity is thought to be uncommon; however, several cases have been described with acute hepatomyoencephalopathy with a high-mortality rate. We report a previously healthy, 2-year-old girl who developed acute liver failure after fresh seed ingestion. Without a specific antidote, we decided to impl...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Getsuwan S,Tanpowpong P,Trakulsrichai S,Sornmayura P,Treepongkaruna S

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 220 enteroadherent Escherichia coli were identified from 729 Egyptian children with diarrhea using the HEp-2 adherence assay. Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC = 38) was common among children <6 months old and provoked vomiting, while diffuse-adhering E.coli (DAEC = 109) induced diarrheal episodes of short dura...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ahmed SF,Shaheen HI,Abdel-Messih IA,Mostafa M,Putnam SD,Kamal KA,Sayed AN,Frenck RW Jr,Sanders JW,Klena JD,Wierzba TF

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte subsets, activation markers and apoptosis were assessed in 20 HIV-exposed noninfected (ENI) children born to HIV-infected women who were or not exposed to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs during pregnancy and early infancy. ENI children and adolescents were aged 6-18 years and they were compared to 25 age-matched...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Miyamoto M,Pessoa SD,Ono E,Machado DM,Salomão R,Succi RC,Pahwa S,de Moraes-Pinto MI

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellar meningitis is relatively uncommon, especially in children younger than 1 year. We present another case of meningitis due to Brucella melitensis biotype 1 in a 11-month-old infant transmitted by breast milk. This is the first report of successful isolation of B. melitensis from the breast milk in the literatu...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Tikare NV,Mantur BG,Bidari LH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized controlled trial was conducted over a 1-year period (November 2001-November 2002) in Addis Ababa to study the effectiveness of early Kangaroo mother care before stabilization of low birthweight infants as compared with the conventional method of care. There were 259 babies weighing less than 2000 g during...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Worku B,Kassie A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nigeria has the largest number of global under-five deaths and almost half of these occur in the newborn period in an almost 50:50 ratio across hospital facilities and communities. We examine and describe risk factors for newborn mortality at a busy neonatal unit of a referral tertiary hospital in North-cent...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ogunkunle TO,Gabriel TY,Bello SO,Abdullahi Y,Bulus J,Ozhe SI,Imam A

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early diagnosis and appropriate management of neonatal jaundice is crucial in avoiding severe hyperbilirubinemia and brain injury. A low-cost, minimally invasive, point-of-care (PoC) tool for total bilirubin (TB) estimation which can be useful across all ranges of bilirubin values and all settings is the n...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kamineni B,Tanniru A,Vardhelli V,Sharma D,Pawale D,Kulkarni D,Muppidi PR,Deshabhotla S,Murki S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an industrial hospital in India, a 23 per cent prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) was detected, of which 76 per cent were full term small for date (SFD) babies. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) comprised the single most common obstetrical problem associated with term SFD births (31 per cent). Age, parity...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Misra M,Mishra S,Sharadamma

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is an important communicable disease in the developing world. However, testicular schistosomiasis is an extremely rare condition. We report a case of testicular schistosomiasis mimicking testicular tumour in a 13 year old who presented with huge unilateral testicular mass. The dilemma encountered in th...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ekenze SO,Modekwe VO,Nzegwu MA,Ekpemo SC,Ezomike UO

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between the clinical outcome of chloroquine treatment and mutations in the putative Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (Pfcrt) gene at codon 76 and multidrug resistance gene 1 (Pf mdr1) at codon 86 were investigated among 406 children with uncomplicated malaria presenting at five ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Duah NO,Wilson MD,Ghansah A,Abuaku B,Edoh D,Quashie NB,Koram KA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the different genetic backgrounds, living environments and economic conditions, the epidemiologic, clinical characteristics and risk factors for coronary artery abnormalities (CAAs) in the Chinese population may differ among different parts of China. METHODS:We did a retrospective study to explor...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Tang Y,Gao X,Shen J,Sun L,Yan W

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focus group discussions involving rural and urban residents drawn from Kanuri and Bura settlements, were conducted as part of an on-going survey of the perception and treatment of diarrhoea among major ethnic groups in northeastern Nigeria. Awareness of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) was universal among participants, ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Akpede GO,Omotara BA,Shettima AG

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to investigate the dynamics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) RNA in hospitalized young children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and to explore whether Mp RNA clearance differed for wheezy and non-wheezy group after the onset of azithromycin treatment. METHODS:We included hospitalized young ch...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Chen J,Ji F,Yin Y,Yuan S

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Topical emollient application reduces trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) in preterm neonates. Coconut oil used traditionally for infant massage in India has not been evaluated for the same. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates were randomized at 12 h of age to Oil (n = 37) or Control (n ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Nangia S,Paul VK,Deorari AK,Sreenivas V,Agarwal R,Chawla D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia duodenalis prevalence is commonly as high as soil-transmitted helminths (STH), nevertheless is not considered for large-scale chemotherapy through mass drug administration (MDA) due to its short incubation period and frequent reinfections, its control being associated to improving access to water and sanitatio...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ferreira FS,Baptista-Fernandes T,Oliveira D,Rodrigues R,Neves E,Lima A,Garrido E,Afonso G,Zaky A,Telles de Freitas P,Atouguia J,Centeno-Lima S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The values of erythrocyte protoporphyrin, ferritin and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) measurements in diagnosing iron deficiency anemia were investigated in 72 iron deficient and in 25 healthy control infants. Receiver operator curve, sensitivity and specificity of erythrocyte protoporphyrin, ferritin and mean corpuscu...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Serdar MA,Sarici SU,Kurt I,Alpay F,Okutan V,Kurnaz L,Kutluay T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 95 premature infants with birthweights equal or less than 1500 g were screened for intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) using cranial ultrasound. Nineteen (20 per cent) were found to have developed IVH. Eight out of fourteen variables studied showed a signific...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bassiouny MR,Remo C,Remo R,Lapitan R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a descriptive study of short-course chemotherapy in children with nodal tuberculosis at Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH). Between 1 August 1989 and 31 December 1997 5248 children were started on TB treatment. In the retrospective study 427 children were treated for lymph node TB up to 31 December 1996. Of ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： McMaster P,Ezeilo N,Freisen H,Pomat N,Vince JD

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:HIV-infected adolescents are a heterogeneous population; source of infection, immunodeficiency severity and antiretroviral (ARV) experience vary. Here, we describe youth followed in an observational study at Latin American sites of the NICHD International Site Development Initiative (NISDI). METHODS:The NISD...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Santos Cruz ML,Freimanis Hance L,Korelitz J,Aguilar A,Byrne J,Serchuck LK,Hazra R,Worrell C,NISDI Pediatric Study Group 2010.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopoenia is a well-described marker of human immunedeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection of children. After documenting thrombocytopoenia in a HIV-exposed neonate, who was subsequently shown not to be infected, we evaluated thrombocytopoenia (platelets < 150 x 10(9)/l) as a marker for HIV exposure in newbor...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Roux W,Pieper C,Cotton M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00