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Clinical and prognostic categorization of extraintestinal nontyphoidal Salmonella infections in infants and children.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10524956     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The study included 172 patients, aged 0-15 years, for whom at least 1 nonfecal, nonurinary specimen was culture-positive for nontyphoidal Salmonella. Ninety-five percent had positive blood cultures. Immunocompromising diseases were found in 19% of 74 infants and 77% of 98 children. Associations between the study factors and outcomes, as localized infection or death, were assessed by logistic regression analysis. Thirty-three patients had localized infections. An adjusted risk factor for development of localized infections was an age of <12 months (P=.003). There were 17 deaths. The case-fatality rates were 43% and 10% for immunocompromised and 5% and 0% for nonimmunocompromised infants and children, respectively. Adjusted risk factors for death were age of <12 months (P=.006), inappropriate antimicrobial therapy (P=.014), meningitis or culture-proven pneumonia due to nontyphoidal Salmonella (P=.004), and immunocompromised status (P<.001). The clinical courses and prognoses for infants and children with extraintestinal infection due to nontyphoidal Salmonella can be categorized into 4 groups according to the characteristics of age (infants vs. children) and host status (immunocompromised vs. nonimmunocompromised).
Authors:
S Sirinavin; P Jayanetra; A Thakkinstian
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America     Volume:  29     ISSN:  1058-4838     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Infect. Dis.     Publication Date:  1999 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-12-02     Completed Date:  1999-12-02     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9203213     Medline TA:  Clin Infect Dis     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1151-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. rassr@mahidol.ac.th
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea / etiology
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Leukocyte Count
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Salmonella Infections / immunology,  mortality*

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