Early-onset neonatal sepsis

KA Simonsen, AL Anderson-Berry… - Clinical microbiology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Early-onset sepsis remains a common and serious problem for neonates, especially preterm
infants. Group B streptococcus (GBS) is the most common etiologic agent, while Escherichia …

Pediatric parechovirus infections

S Esposito, J Rahamat-Langendoen, B Ascolese… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) are members of the large and growing family of
Picornaviridae. Although 16 types have been described on the basis of the phylogenetic …

Neurocognitive outcome of children exposed to perinatal mother-to-child Chikungunya virus infection: the CHIMERE cohort study on Reunion Island

P Gérardin, S Sampériz, D Ramful… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Little is known about the neurocognitive outcome in children exposed to
perinatal mother-to-child Chikungunya virus (p-CHIKV) infection. Methods The CHIMERE …

Enteroviral encephalitis in children: clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment advances

S Jain, B Patel, GC Bhatt - Pathogens and global health, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Enteroviruses (EVs) have emerged as one of the important etiological agents as a causative
organism for encephalitis, especially in children and adults. After the first report of EV …

[HTML][HTML] Human parechovirus infection, Denmark

TK Fischer, S Midgley, C Dalgaard… - Emerging infectious …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) often cause severe illness among young children. National
surveillance with routine testing of all cerebrospinal fluid, fecal, and tissue samples was …

Distinct systemic and central nervous system disease patterns in enterovirus and parechovirus infected children

H Harvala, M Griffiths, T Solomon, P Simmonds - Journal of Infection, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives Enteroviruses (EV) and human parechoviruses (HPeV) infections are
increasingly identified in neonates and young children with sepsis, meningitis and …

Human parechovirus central nervous system infections in southern California children

S Felsenstein, S Yang, N Eubanks… - The Pediatric …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Human parechoviruses (hPeV) are increasingly recognized as significant
etiological agents for meningoencephalitis especially in young children, but testing of …

Cranial ultrasound-optimizing utility in the NICU

G van Wezel-Meijler, LS de Vries - Current pediatric reviews, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Cranial ultrasonography (cUS) is a reliable tool to detect the most frequently occurring
congenital and acquired brain abnormalities in full-term and preterm neonates. Appropriate …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical relevance of positive human parechovirus type 1 and 3 PCR in stool samples

JG Wildenbeest, KSM Benschop, RP Minnaar… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human parechoviruses (HPeV) cause symptoms ranging from severe neonatal infections to
mild gastrointestinal and respiratory disease. Use of PCR and genotyping has markedly …

Neonatal seizures accompanied by diffuse cerebral white matter lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging are associated with rotavirus infection

KY Lee, KW Oh, YC Weon, SH Choi - European Journal of Paediatric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background and aims Some full-term neonates presenting seizures show diffusion-restricted
lesions in the cerebral white matter on brain diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). The purpose …