Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

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...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.6.252

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...

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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...

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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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