The HIV information project for transfusion recipients a decade after transfusion

Article Abstract:

It appears to be worthwhile to attempt to reach pediatric patients who had transfusions during surgery prior to HIV testing of blood products and advise them of their risk for HIV infection. It has been assumed that the public is educated about the risks of HIV infection via blood products prior to the mid-1980s and that all HIV-infected patients have been identified. Letters were sent to the physicians of all 1793 children who were on a heart-lung machine at a Canadian pediatric hospital between 1980 and 1985 notifying them of their patients' potential exposure and offering counselling and testing. Overall, 760 patients were reached of whom 529 had HIV testing. Of those tested, only 17% were tested before the project began. Six new HIV-positive patients were identified. None had symptoms of HIV infection.

HIV infection, HIV infections, Information services, Disease transmission, Patients, Blood transfusion

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Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage in Children Attending 59 Canadian Child Care Centers

Article Abstract:

Antibiotic use by children under 24 months of age may increase the prevalence of drug-resistant Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae bacteria. Researchers examined 1,322 children in 59 day care centers, and found that 44% carried the bacterium in their nose and throat. Penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae was detected in 17% of bacterial samples, and 14% of samples were resistant to multiple antibiotic drugs. Nearly one-fourth of the children had taken antibiotics in the previous month.

Canada, Health aspects, Antibiotics, Demographic aspects, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Microbial drug resistance, Day care centers, Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Hospitalization for Community-Acquired, Rotavirus-Associated Diarrhea: A Prospective, Longitudinal, Population-Based Study During the Seasonal Outbreak

Article Abstract:

About 1% of all children may be hospitalized for rotavirus infection by the time they are five years old. This was the conclusion of researchers who tested 1,001 children who were hospitalized with diarrhea. The cumulative rate of hospitalization for rotavirus-induced diarrhea by the age of five was 1 in 160 children.

Statistical Data Included, Causes of, Statistics, Children, Hospitalization, Hospital utilization, Rotavirus infections, Diarrhea in children, Childhood diarrhea

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