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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Paediatric Infectious Diseases"”.
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Candida bloodstream infection among children hospitalized in three public sector hospitals in the Metro West region of Cape Town, South Africa
… adds to the limited number of studies describing paediatric Candida BSI in sub Saharan Africa. Concomitant bacterial infection was associated with 30-day mortality.
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A ten-year review of ESBL and non-ESBL Escherichia Coli Bloodstream infections among children at a tertiary referral hospital in South Africa
… as a cause of antibiotic-resistant infection in paediatric settings. Methods: In this retrospective, descriptive study aspects of E. coli BSI epidemiology are described over a 10-year period including incidence risk, risk factors for extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- producing E. coli BSI, …
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloomstream infection at a tertiary referral hospital for children
… descriptive study was conducted at a paediatric referral hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Demographic and clinical details, antibiotic management and patient outcome information were extracted from medical and laboratory records. Antibiotic susceptibility results of identified …
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Longitudinal changes in clinical symptoms and signs in children with confirmed, unconfirmed, and unlikely pulmonary tuberculosis
Background: The paucibacillary nature of paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) makes microbiological diagnosis difficult and limits the usefulness of microbiology for assessing treatment efficacy. Clinical response to treatment has thus been used by clinicians to monitor disease activity, as well …
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Exploring the audiological management of young children (0-6 years) diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
Background. Internationally, infectious diseases remain the greatest cause of morbidity among young children. Infectious disease burden is particularly high in low-to-mid income countries (LMIC). South Africa has a high prevalence of bacterial meningitis (BM), especially in children under the age …