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View article: The challenge of multidrug resistance in hospitalized pediatric patients with urinary tract infections
The challenge of multidrug resistance in hospitalized pediatric patients with urinary tract infections Open
Background The choice of empirical treatment in pediatric urinary tract infections (UTIs) is increasingly complicated by the emergence of antibiotic resistance and the growing prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). The aim of…
View article: Too Much Salt to My Taste: An Entity to Think about in Neonatal Hypernatremia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Too Much Salt to My Taste: An Entity to Think about in Neonatal Hypernatremia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Open
In exclusively breastfed newborns, hypernatremic dehydration is associated with a free water deficit secondary to insufficient fluid intake. Failure of newborns to regain their birth weight by the 10th day of life should be investigated ur…
View article: Adenovirus-induced Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in a Previously Healthy Infant- A case report
Adenovirus-induced Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in a Previously Healthy Infant- A case report Open
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood has been described as a rare entity that usually affects immunocompetent infants and children, mainly in East Asia, and typically after a viral infection. We describe the case of an 8-month-old…
View article: First Reported Lebanese Patient with Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency
First Reported Lebanese Patient with Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency Open
Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (DLD) deficiency is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by an unpredictable pattern of presentation and a wide phenotypic spectrum. DLD is a common constituent of multiple mitochondrial co…
View article: Lactobezoar causing neonatal gastric perforation
Lactobezoar causing neonatal gastric perforation Open
A lacto-bezoar is an aggregation of mucus and undigested milk and can obstruct any part of the digestive tract. The diagnosis of this entity theoretically is very straight forward. However without a high index of suspicion missing it becom…
View article: A Unusual Presentation of Bordetella pertussis
A Unusual Presentation of Bordetella pertussis Open
Bordetella pertussis is known to be a highly contagious organism leading to variable clinical manifestations especially in children.Severe pulmonary hypertension, apneas, convulsions and failure to thrive have been reported as symptoms ass…
View article: Characteristics of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalized Lebanese Children and their Correlation
Characteristics of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalized Lebanese Children and their Correlation Open
Aim: To study the radiological findings of community-acquired pneumonia in correlation with clinical signs and symptoms, as well as laboratory findings in children and adolescents hospitalized. Material and methods:We retrospectively revie…
View article: A New Aspect of Neonatal Infection to Gardnerella vaginalis
A New Aspect of Neonatal Infection to Gardnerella vaginalis Open
We report a case of a neonatal infection due to Gardnerella vaginalis in a premature infant born to a dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy.Delivery occurred by caesarean section at 33weeks of gestational age.Neonatal infection to Gardnere…
View article: Lethal influenza B in a child
Lethal influenza B in a child Open
Case presentation: We report a case of a 7 year old female patient that presented with a history of upper respiratory symptoms, fever and altered mental status, admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit for suspected encephalitis. Card…
View article: Tracheal Agenesis: Rare but Challenging
Tracheal Agenesis: Rare but Challenging Open
esophagus. 4Although type II TA is the most common form (up to 50-60% of cases), the prevalence of type II TA with bronchosophageal fistula is very rare. 2 The etiology of this congenital anomaly is still unknown; Studies in mouse models s…
View article: Pyomyositis; A Diagnosis Not To Miss
Pyomyositis; A Diagnosis Not To Miss Open
Pyomyositis is a primary bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles. It is known as tropical myositis as most cases have been reported in patients living in the tropics. However, the disease is increasingly being seen in non-tropical area…