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Rapid molecular syndromic testing for aetiological diagnosis of gastrointestinal infections and targeted antimicrobial prescription: experience from a reference paediatric hospital in Spain
(Springer Nature, 2021)
Aetiological diagnosis of gastrointestinal infections is challenging since a wide range of bacteria, parasites and viruses can be causal agents and derived clinical manifestations appear quite similar. ...
Exploring the nasopharyngeal microbiota composition in infants with whooping cough: a test-negative case-control study
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize the nasopharyngeal microbiota of infants with possible and confirmed pertussis compared to healthy controls. Methods: This prospective study included ...
Pneumococcal serotypes in children, clinical presentation and antimicrobial susceptibility in the PCV13 era
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-11)
The aim was to analyse invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) serotypes in children aged ⩽17 years according to clinical presentation and antimicrobial susceptibility. We conducted a prospective study ...
Ozenoxacin, a new effective and safe topical treatment for impetigo in children and adolescents
(Karger, 2020)
Background: Ozenoxacin is a topical antibiotic approved in Europe to treat non-bullous impetigo in adults and children aged ≥6 months. This analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of ozenoxacin in ...
Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriageamong Bhutanese children hospitalizedwith clinical pneumonia: serotypes andviral co-infection
(Springer Nature, 2020-12)
Background: Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization (PNC) generally precedes pneumococcal disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of PNC and to identify the pneumococcal ...
Rapid identification, capsular typing and molecular characterization of streptococcus pneumoniae by using whole genome nanopore sequencing
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Background: Whole genome sequencing has emerged as a useful tool for identification and molecular characterization of pathogens. MinION (Oxford Nanopore) is a real-time third generation sequencer whose ...
Smartphone and tablet usage during COVID-19 pandemic confinement in children under 48 months in Barcelona (Spain)
(MDPI, 2021)
Background: Total lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic might have potentially increased screen time in children. This study aims to describe the smartphone and tablets usage in children under 48 months ...
Impact of the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine on the direct costs of invasive pneumococcal disease requiring hospital admission in children aged < 5 years: a prospective study
(MDPI, 2020)
The lack of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) cost studies may underestimate the eect of pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugated vaccines (PCV). The objective of this study was to estimate the direct ...
Enfermedad neumocócica invasiva en niños menores de 60 meses, antes y después de la introducción de la vacuna conjugada 13-valente
(Elsevier, 2021)
Introducción: La enfermedad neumocócica invasiva (ENI) es la infección bacteriana más relevante en niños pequeños y la introducción de las vacunas antineumocócicas conjugadas (VNC) ha cambiado su ...