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- Gudjónsdóttir, Margrét Johansson, et al.
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Late-onset Neonatal Infections 1997 to 2017 Within a Cohort in Western Sweden-The Last 21 Years of a 43-Year Surveillance.
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Ingår i: The Pediatric infectious disease journal. - 1532-0987. ; 40:4, s. 359-364
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The objective of the study was to assess the epidemiology of late-onset (LO) neonatal invasive infections with surveillance covering 43 years, starting from 1975.Observational epidemiologic, retrospective study including a cohort of infants born in western Sweden in 1997-2017, who had a positive blood and cerebral spinal fluid culture between 3 and 120 days of age. A comparison was made of the incidence between 1997-2007 and 2008-2017. Data on LO infections during 3-27 days of life were assessed from 1975.A total of 473 cases of LO infections were registered in 437 patients. The incidence increased from 2.0 to 3.1/1000 live births (LB) between 1997-2007 and 2008-2017 (P<0.001). The increase in incidence was most pronounced among infants born <28 weeks gestation (from 255 to 398/1000 LB, P<0.001). The most frequent pathogens were Staphylococcus aureus (25%), coagulase-negative staphylococci (17%), and Escherichia coli (13%). Infections due to group B Streptococci rose from 0.16/1000 LB to 0.33 (P=0.03). During the whole surveillance period from 1975 to 2017, there were 579 cases between 3 and 27 days of life. Although the incidence increased in 2008-2017 to 1.9/1000 LB after first declining in 1997-2007, the case-fatality rate continued to decline from 27/284 (9.5%) between 1975 and 1996 to 6/182 (3.3%) in 2008 and 2017 (P=0.01).The incidence of LO neonatal invasive infections increased during the study period (1997-2017), but the case-fatality rate remained lower than in the previous surveillance period (1975-1996). Further surveillance and interventions with focus on prevention is critical to counteract the increasing incidence among high-risk infants.
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- Johansson Kostenniemi, Urban, 1987-, et al.
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Psychiatric Disabilities and Other Long-term Consequences of Childhood Bacterial Meningitis
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Ingår i: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. - : Wolters Kluwer. - 0891-3668 .- 1532-0987. ; 40:1, s. 26-31
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- BACKGROUND: Bacterial meningitis is known to cause hearing impairments and neurological deficits; however, less is known regarding psychiatric disabilities. In this study, we assessed psychiatric disabilities and other long-term consequences of childhood bacterial meningitis.METHODS: From a previously validated dataset, we selected children having had bacterial meningitis. We then reviewed medical records and child health records from discharge onwards to identify disabilities. We calculated the occurrence of disabilities with a 95% confidence interval (CI), and we used a χ test to assess possible individual risk factors associated with occurrence of disabilities.RESULTS: Of the 80 children included in this study, permanent disabilities not attributed to preexisting diseases were noted in 56% (CI: 45-67) during the mean observation period of 19 years and 2 months. Psychiatric disease was diagnosed in 30% (CI: 21-41), and another 5% (CI: 2-13) were under ongoing investigations for symptoms of psychiatric disease. Hearing impairments affected at least 30% (CI: 20-40), and neurological deficits affected at least 23% (CI: 15-34). While other disabilities were often detected within the first year, psychiatric disabilities were detected after a mean time period of 14 years (CI: 11:1-16:11). Although some associations were noted, no individual risk factor was able to predict the occurrence of disabilities.CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric disabilities affect more than one-third of survivors and are among the most common long-term consequence of childhood bacterial meningitis. Late discovery and predictive difficulties call for a revision of current guidelines to include a specific long-term strategy for detecting psychiatric disabilities.
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- Orfanos, Ioannis, et al.
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Management and Outcome of Febrile Infants ≤60 days, With Emphasis on Infants ≤21 Days Old, in Swedish Pediatric Emergency Departments
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Ingår i: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. - 1532-0987. ; 41:7, s. 537-543
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Management of febrile infants ≤60 days of age varies, and the age for routine investigations and antibiotic-treatment is debated. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended age threshold for lumbar puncture (LP) is 21 days and for blood culture 60 days. We describe management and adverse outcome of febrile infants ≤60 days old, in Sweden.METHODS: Retrospective cross-sectional study of infants ≤60 days of age with fever without source evaluated in 4 University pediatric emergency departments, between 2014 and 2017. Adverse outcome was defined as delayed-treated invasive bacterial infection (IBI: meningitis or bacteremia).RESULTS: We included 1701 infants. In infants ≤21 days old, LP was performed in 16% (95% CI: 12-20) and blood culture in 43% (95% CI: 38-48). Meningitis was diagnosed in 5 (1.3%; 95% CI: 0.4-3.0) and bacteremia in 12 (4.5%; 95% CI: 2.6-7.0) infants. Broad-spectrum antibiotics were not administered to 66% (95% CI: 61-71), of which 2 (0.8%; 95% CI: 0.1-2.8) diagnosed with IBI (1 meningitis and 1 bacteremia). In the 29-60 days age group, blood culture was performed in 21% (95% CI: 19-24), and broad-spectrum antibiotics were not administered to 84% (95% CI: 82-86), with no case of delayed-treated bacteremia.CONCLUSIONS: The rates of LP, blood culture and broad-spectrum antibiotics were low. Despite that, there were few delayed-treated IBIs, but 2 of the 17 infants ≤21 days of age with IBI were not timely treated, which prompts the need for a safer approach for this age group. Also, the utility of routine blood culture for all febrile infants 29-60 days old could be questioned.
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