Revista chilena de infectología : órgano oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectología
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Rev Chilena Infectol · Aug 2009
Randomized Controlled Trial[Treatment of urinary tract infections in febrile infants: experience of outpatient intravenous antibiotic treatment].
To describe the feasibility, effectiveness and safety of intravenous (iv) outpatient treatment in 2 to 24 month-old children with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI). ⋯ Outpatient iv treatment in patients between 2 and 24 months with UTI and fever was effective, safe and of lower cost.
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Botulism is a rare disease in Chile and of the known clinical presentation, infant botulism is the most common. We report the case of a previously healthy seven month old male infant with a two weeks history of rinorrea, cough, fatigue, constipation and progressive weakness after the consumption of honey. Stool cultures were positive for Clostridium botulinum group 1 type A and electromyography was compatible with the diagnosis. ⋯ Muscle tone improved progressively during the following four weeks. Infant botulism is a potentially fatal disease; diagnosis can be difficult given the broad clinical manifestations. Prevention should focus on education of parents of infants as well as medical personnel.
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Rev Chilena Infectol · Apr 2009
Case Reports[Necrotizing fasciitis of the eyelids and toxic shock syndrome due to Streptococcus pyogenes].
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a serious infection that compromises subcutaneous tissue, fascia, and adipose tissue, with high mortality rate and sequelae. Extremities, trunk and pelvis are the most common body sites affected. ⋯ We report the case of a three years oíd child with bilateral NF of the eyelids and toxic shock syndrome secondary to Streptococcus pyogenes infection occurring after a minor skin trauma. Early recognition leading to intensive care treatment and prompt surgical debridement were critical in the favourable outcome of the child.
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Rev Chilena Infectol · Dec 2008
Review Case Reports[Dipylidium caninum infection in a 2 year old infant: case report and literature review].
Dipylidiasis is a zoonotic parasitic infection caused by the dog tapeworm Dipylidium caninum; it affects both feline and canine species and accidentally, humans. In Chile, as well as in other countries, it is an uncommon infection. A case of a 2 year old child from Casablanca, (a city located in the Valparaíso Region), with an infection by D. caninum, is presented. Clinical manifestations are reviewed, as well as epidemiology in domestic and wild animals, cases among the published national literature and its treatment and prevention strategies.
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Rev Chilena Infectol · Dec 2008
Biography Historical Article[Doctor Ricardo Davila Boza: pioneer of infectious disease specialists in Chile. Hygienist and public health expert].
Dr. Ricardo Dávila Boza (1850 -1937) was a man whose personality had no duplicities, "blunt and kind, Humanisticos with clear and defined convictions." With an illuminated vision and untiring tenacity, he published all sorts of written work: scientific, literary and poetic. He was always ready to defend his ideas but tolerant to other's. ⋯ His work during the bubonic plague and smallpox epidemics on the second half of the nineteenth and the first years of the twentieth centuries was intelligent and shrewd. He was born in La Serena. Later he went back to the north of his country, to Freirina and Copiapó, starting his professional work.