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Review Article
Incidence, causative organisms, and risk factors of bloodstream infections in pediatric liver transplant patients: a systematic review
Mohamad Shieb, Rand Hasanain, Zara Arshad, Faisal Nawaz, Rahul Kashyap, Eric Stern
Bacterial bloodstream infections (BSI) are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients. This systematic review aimed to pool global data from leading transplant institutions and identify the overall incidence, risk factors, and causative organisms of BSI in pediatric liver transplant recipients. A systematic review of the PubMed and OVID databases was conducted from 2000...
Infection
COVID-19 in immunocompromised children and adolescents
Byung Ok Kwak, Byung Wook Eun
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2023;66(5):182-189.   Published online April 18, 2023
Most immunocompromised children and adolescents are not at increased risk of developing severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 outcomes for low- or medium-risk immunocompromised children are favorable, while more serious illness reportedly occurs in high-risk immunocompromised children by underlying disease, its treatments, and other factors. Therefore, the early detection and timely management of severe COVID-19 and treatment of underlying disease are important. Hospitalization and COVID-19 vaccination should be carefully considered.
Original Article
Infection
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in pediatric patients: an analysis of 15 confirmed consecutive cases during 14 years
Kyung-Ran Kim, Jong Min Kim, Ji-Man Kang, Yae-Jean Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(6):252-255.   Published online June 30, 2016
Purpose

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia occurs in various immunocompromised patients. Despite the prophylaxis strategies in clinical practice, certain patients develop P. jirovecii pneumonia. This study was performed to investigate pediatric cases with P. jirovecii pneumonia in a single center.

Methods

We identified pediatric patients younger than 19 years with microbiologically confirmed P. jirovecii pneumonia from January 2000 to February 2014. A retrospective chart review...

Novel influenza A (H1N1) 2009 infection in the pediatric patients with hematologic and oncologic diseases in the Yeungnam region
Seok Jeong Kang, Jae Min Lee, Jeong Ok Hah, Ye Jee Shim, Kun Soo Lee, Hyun Jung Shin, Heung Sik Kim, Eun Jin Choi, So Eun Jeon, Young Tak Lim, Ji Kyeong Park, Eun Sil Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(3):117-122.   Published online March 31, 2011
Purpose

Natural history and consequences of the novel 2009 influenza A H1N1 (2009 H1N1) infection in immunocompromised pediatric patients are not yet fully understood. In this study, we investigated the clinical features and outcomes of the 2009 H1N1 infection in pediatric patients with hematological and oncological diseases.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 528 patients who had hematological and oncological diseases...

Mucormycosis in Leukemic Children
Seung Ghon Nam, Eun Wha Choi, Jin Young Park, Jong Jae Kim, Hee Young Shin, Hoan Jong Lee, Hyo Seop Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(3):379-388.   Published online March 15, 1996
Purpose : Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by one of the ubiquitous fungi of the order Mucorales, occurring almost exclusively in immunocompromised hosts such as patients with diabetes, leukemia and lymphoma. Recently the incidence of mucormycosis is rising associated with the increasing predisposing factors such as cytotoxic drugs and immunosuppressive agents. Though mucormycosis is frequently fatal, there has...
Septicemia in Children with Neoplastic Disease
Bo Young Yun, Hoan Jong Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(11):1481-1492.   Published online November 15, 1992
This study reviewed 66 episodes of septicemia occurring in 56 children with neoplastic disease at Seoul National University Children뭩 hospital over 31 month period. The most frequent organisms causing 45 episodes in neutropenic patient were Escherichia coli (28%), Klebsiella species (18%), Pseudomonas species (9%), polymicrobic (9%,), and Staphylococcus aureus (7%). The overal mortality was 13% (5/39). The most frequent organisms...
Case Report
Three Cases of Listeria Infection in the Immunocompromised Children
Mee Ran Kim, Bo Young Yun, Hye Young Kang, Sung Hee Jang, Hoan Jong Lee, Yong Seung Hwang, Eui Chong Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(10):1419-1426.   Published online October 15, 1992
Infection by Listeria monocytogenes, an uncommon pathogen in immunocompromised host, has been reported in neonates, pregnant women and adults with defective cell mediated immunity but not in children in Korea. It can cause sepsis, meningitis, abortion, premature labor, intrauterine fetal infection. etc. We have experienced L. monocytogenes sepsis and/or meningitis in three children under immunosuppresive therapy for lymphoma-leukemia, cytophagic histiocytic...
Original Article
Herpes Zoster in Children.
Soon Ki Kim, Hoan Jong Lee, Hyo Seop Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(12):1324-1333.   Published online December 31, 1986
Herpes zoster, an inflammatory human disease caused by varicella-zoster virus, is characterized by papulovesicular lesions along the distribution of a sensory nerve. Herpes zoster infection, known to be benign in normal children, is more frequent and severe in immunosuppressed patients and is associated primarily with increased morbidity rather than mortality. We analysed retrospectively the clinical manifestations of herpes zoster infections...
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