Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Brief Report

14/7/2015

Study of Medical Interns’ Knowledge Level About Children’s Oral Health Between 2011 and 2012 in Medical Universities in Tehran, Iran

Alireza Fahimzad, Mohammad Nasiri, Hosein Heydari, Fatemeh Sadat Sarfjoo

Case Report

23/4/2015

Bruton’s Disease Presenting With Arthritis; A Case Report

Atena Ramezanali Yakhchali, Zahra Chavoshzadeh, Mehrnaz Mesdaghi, Mahboubeh Mansouri, Reza Shiari

Editorial

10/6/2015

Antibiotic Prescription and Bacterial Resistance

Farideh Shiva

Research Article

13/7/2015

The Prevalence of Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Coinfection With Both in Hospitalized Children With Acute Respiratory Infection in South of Iran

Afagh Moattari, Soheila Aleyasin, Amir Emami, Mahzad Fyruzi, Neda Pirbonyeh

Review Article

13/6/2015

Food Allergy: A Review

Mahboubeh Mansouri

Conclusions: The characteristic features of IgE-mediated food allergy are abrupt onset of clinical symptoms, which may result in a life-threatening events, and positive results of the majority of the paraclinical tests that mainly trace the specific IgE to foods. Moreover, non–IgE-mediated food allergies present as chronic diseases and due to lack of proper diagnostic tests the similarity of the clinical presentation with other chronic clinical conditions, the exact prevalence may remain underestimated.

Case Report

14/7/2015

Treatment of Colchicine-Resistant Familial Mediterranean Fever With Anakinra

Vadood Javadi Parvaneh, Reza Shiari

Brief Report

14/7/2015

Duration of Intubation After Gastric Pull up Operation in Young Children

Mohammad Fathi, Bahador Bagheri, Sajjad Razavi, Alireza Mahdavi, Sara Salarian

Research Article

1/7/2015

Distribution of Virulence Genes, Enterotoxin and Biofilm Formation Among Enteroaggregative Escherichia Coli (EAEC) Strains Isolated From Stools of Children With Diarrhea in South East Iran

Razieh Nezarieh, Mohammad Reza Shakibaie, Hossein Hosseini Nave, Amin Norouzi, Gholamabas Salajegheh, Mehdi Hayatbakhsh

Patients and Methods: A total of 464 diarrheic stools were screen for the presence of E. coli using conventional tests. Well isolated colonies were then evaluated for the presence of EAEC diagnostic genes (aggR and pCVD432) by duplex polymerase chain reaction (D-PCR). Positive samples were further subjected to three sets of multiplex-PCR for detection of fimbrial subunits (AAF), serine protease autotransporter toxins (SPATE) and at least one enterotoxin gene. Hemolytic activity was observed on sheep blood agar. Biofilm formation was measured by using a microtiter plate assay.

Results: Among the 322 E. coli isolated, 23 were identified as EAEC. All EAEC carried a 630-bp fragment of the plasmid (pAA) encoded pCVD432 and aggR genes. Four major EAEC fimbriae variants aggA, agg4A, agg3A and aafA were detected, with the frequencies of 21.7% (n = 5), 26.8% (n = 6), 21.7% (n = 5) and 4.3% (n = 1), respectively. The class I and II virulence toxins pic, sat, sepA, pet and sigA were detected with frequencies of 56.5% (n = 13), 30.4% (n = 7), 26.8% (n = 6), 21.7% (n = 5) and 4.3% (n = 1), respectively. A heat-stable Shigella enterotoxin-1 gene (astA) was detected in 17.3% (n = 4) of the cases. In addition, 56.4% of the EAEC isolates were α-hemolytic. Quantification of the biofilm revealed six isolates with strong biofilm.

Letter

14/7/2015

Improving Outcomes for Adolescents With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Lindsay McKenna, Erica Lessem, Loyce Maturu

Research Article

25/7/2015

Overview of Hydatid Disease in Iranian Children

Alireza Fahimzad, Abdollah Karimi, Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Shahnaz Armin, Roxana Mansour Ghanaei, Fatemeh Fallah, Farideh Shiva, Fatholla Roshanzamir, Nasser Mostafavi, Shirin Sayyahfar, Iraj Sedighi, Gholamreza Soleimani, Manijeh Kahbazi, Roya Nikfar, Masomeh Abedini, Reza Arjmand, Fatemeh Abdollah Gorji, Nava Safaei, Shokofeh Noroozi, Azadeh Gharooei

Results: Overall, 161 children at a mean age of 9.25 ± 3.37 years (age range = 1 - 15 years old) hospitalized with a definite diagnosis of the hydatid cyst between 2001 and 2014 were studied. The male-to-female ratio was 1.6:1. The most commonly involved organ was the lung (67.1%), followed by the liver (44.1%) and a combined liver and lung involvement was found in 15.5% of the patients. The cysts were found more frequently in the right lobe of the liver and lung than in the left lobe. The most frequent complaints were fever (35.4%) and abdominal pain (31.7%), and the most frequent sign was an abdominal mass in the liver involvement and cough in the lung involvement. There was a high eosinophil count (> 500/micL) in 41% of our cases. A high erythrocyte sedimentation rate (> 30) or positive C-reactive protein (based on the qualitative method) was found in 18.6% of the patients and leukocytosis > 15000/micL in 29.2% of the children. Ultrasonography was the main imaging test, with an accuracy rate of 96%, and chest X-ray was helpful in 88.6% of the cases. Surgery was performed in 89% of the patients, and selective patients underwent percutaneous aspiration-injection-reaspiration drainage or medical treatment.

Letter

14/7/2015

Outcomes in Adolescents Undergoing Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Mumbai

Petros Isaakidis, Mrinalini Das, Peter Saranchuk

Research Article

13/7/2015

High Prevalence of icaABCD Genes Responsible for Biofilm Formation in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus From Hospitalized Children

Abdolmajid Ghasemian, Shahin Najar-Peerayeh, Bita Bakhshi, Mohsen Mirzaee

Case Report

10/6/2015

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis-A Rare Complication of Hepatitis A Virus Infection

Prabhas Prasun Giri, Priti Khemka, Swapan Roy, Sukanta Bhattyacharya

Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Jul 2015, 3 (3), 13 articles.