Transmission of Bordetella pertussis to Young Infants Tập 26 Số 4 - Trang 293-299 - 2007
Aaron M. Wendelboe, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Agnès Bourillon, Daniel Floret, J. Gaudelus, Michael A. Gerber, E. Grimprel, David Greenberg, Scott A. Halperin, Johannes G. Liese, Flor M. Muñoz, R Teyssou, Nicole Guiso, Annelies Van Rie
Risk factors for Candida species colonization of neonatal intensive care unit patients Tập 20 Số 12 - Trang 1119-1124 - 2001
Lisa Saiman, Elizabeth Ludington, Jeffrey D. Dawson, Jan E. Patterson, Sigfrido Rangel-Frausto, R. Todd Wiblin, Henry M. Blumberg, Michael A. Pfaller, Michael G. Rinaldi, Jack Edwards, Richard P. Wenzel, William R. Jarvis
Comparison of procalcitonin with C-reactive protein, interleukin 6 and interferon-alpha for differentiation of bacterial vs. viral infections Tập 18 Số 10 - Trang 875-881 - 1999
D Gendrel, Josette Raymond, Joël Coste, Florence Moulin, Mathie Lorrot, Sylvie Guérin, S. Ravilly, Hervé Lefèvre, CATHERINE ROYER, Catherine Lacombe, Pierre Palmer, Claude Bohuon
Effect of Social Distancing Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence of Viral Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Finland During Early 2020 Tập 39 Số 12 - Trang e423-e427 - 2020
Ilari Kuitunen, Miia Artama, Lotta Mäkelä, Katri Backman, Tarja Heiskanen‐Kosma, Marjo Renko
Background:
Social distancing measures are used to reduce the spreading of infection. Our aim was to assess the immediate effects of national lockdown orders due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on pediatric emergency room (ER) visits and respiratory tract infections in hospitals and nationwide in Finland.
Methods:
This register-based study used hospital patient information systems and the Finnish national infectious disease register. The participants were all patients visiting pediatric ER in 2 Finnish hospitals (Kuopio University Hospital, Mikkeli Central Hospital) covering 1/5th of the Finnish children population, 4 weeks before and 4 weeks after the start of the nationwide lockdown on March 16, 2020. Nationwide weekly numbers of influenza (A + B) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children were assessed from the infectious disease register from 2015 to 2020.
Results:
A major decrease in the rate of daily median pediatric ER visits was detected in both hospitals in the study during the nationwide lockdown compared with the study period before the lockdown (Mikkeli, 19 vs. 7, P < 0.001; Kuopio, 9 vs. 2,5, P < 0.001). The influenza season was shorter (8 weeks from peak to no cases), and the weekly rate of new cases decreased faster compared with the previous 4 influenza seasons (previously 15–20 weeks from peak to no cases). A similar decrease was also seen in RSV cases. No pediatric cases of COVID-19 were found in participating hospitals during the study period.
Conclusion:
These results strongly suggest that social distancing and other lockdown strategies are effective to slow down the spreading of common respiratory viral diseases and decreasing the need for hospitalization among children.
