Case report
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is an important illness that is a common cause of hearing loss in newborn infants and a major cause of disability in children. For that reason, treatment of symptoma...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:181
Published on: 22 August 2017
Research article
In Japan, rotavirus hospitalisation occurs at a rate from 2.8 to 13.7 per 1000 child-years among children age less than 5 years, and it imposes a substantial burden to the healthcare system in the country. Whi...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:156
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
Neonatal sepsis is a blood stream infection which is seen in the first month of life of the neonate. Bacterial profile of neonatal septicemia is constantly changing thus, current knowledge on the patterns of b...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:137
Published on: 6 June 2017
Case report
Simple parapneumonic effusion is a pleural effusion associated with lung infection (i.e., pneumonia). Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the most common pathogen causing parapneumonic effusions. In Morocco, the pne...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:114
Published on: 27 April 2017
Research article
Rotaviruses are the major cause of diarrhea among the infants and young children all over the world causing over 500,000 deaths and 2.4 million hospitalizations each year. In Nepal Rotavirus infection positivi...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:101
Published on: 7 April 2017
Technical advance
Both respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are important viral pathogens causing respiratory tract infection (RTI) in the pediatric population. However, the clinical manifestations...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:89
Published on: 27 March 2017
Research article
Early growth of HIV-exposed, uninfected (HEU) children is poorer than that of their HIV-unexposed, uninfected (HUU) counterparts but there is little longitudinal or longer term information about the growth eff...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:80
Published on: 16 March 2017
Research article
Acute lower respiratory tract infection is the commonest disease affecting children under five worldwide. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is among the most common causative pathogens. Epidemiological data su...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:65
Published on: 3 March 2017
Research article
This study aimed to summarize common pathogens and associated drug resistance in neonatal sepsis (NS).
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:44
Published on: 1 February 2017
Research article
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:14
Published on: 13 January 2017
Research article
Progress has been made in tackling malaria however there are still over 207 million cases worldwide, the majority in children. As survival rates improve, numbers of children with long-term neurodisabling seque...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:9
Published on: 10 January 2017
Research article
Chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) is a prevalent upper airway infection resulting in hearing loss. The aim of this research was to determine risk factors for COME in preschool children.
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:4
Published on: 6 January 2017
Case report
Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is an arterial ischemic stroke, rarely occurred in children accompanied with asymptomatic cerebral infarction and almost never involved in severe pneumonia related to My...
BMC Pediatrics 2016 16:210
Published on: 9 December 2016
Research article
Despite differences in types of infection and causative organisms, pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PKPD) targets of vancomycin therapy derived from adult studies are suggested for neonates. We aimed to identi...
BMC Pediatrics 2016 16:206
Published on: 8 December 2016
Research article
Qualitative and quantitative research investigating determinants of adherence to clinical guidelines (GLs) on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) are scarce. We conducted a mixed-method study aimed at invest...
BMC Pediatrics 2016 16:203
Published on: 5 December 2016
Research article
Febrile seizures are common in young children. Annual peaks in incidence mirror increased respiratory virus activity during winter. Limited virological data are available using modern diagnostic techniques for...
BMC Pediatrics 2016 16:202
Published on: 3 December 2016
Case report
In children, the most significant cause of rhabdomyolysis or muscle breakdown is viral infection. However, there are no reports that norovirus, a gastroenteric virus that commonly infects children, specificall...
BMC Pediatrics 2016 16:176
Published on: 4 November 2016
Case report
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life threatening hematological disorder associated with severe systemic inflammation caused by an uncontrolled and ineffective immune response resulting in cytokin...
BMC Pediatrics 2016 16:172
Published on: 28 October 2016
Research article
Norovirus (NoV) GII.4 is the most common genotype for norovirus gastroenteritis worldwide. New variants or subgenotypes are continuously emerging, thus posing a serious threat to child health.
BMC Pediatrics 2016 16:162
Published on: 5 October 2016
Research article
Nasal colonization with bacterial pathogens is associated with risk of invasive respiratory tract infections, but the related information for Chinese healthy children is scarce.
BMC Pediatrics 2016 16:161
Published on: 30 September 2016
