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The first twenty-one cases of Paediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (PAIDS) in Trinidad and Tobago were studied. An overwhelmingmajority of patients were of African descent. Most of the children presented within the first year of life, the average time between presentation and death was and a half months, and the majority presented with either diarrhoea or pneumonia or failure to thrive, common conditions in the West Indies. Fever lasting longer than two weeks as well as hepatomegaly were clues which led to a definite diagnosis
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Humains , Nourrisson , Enfant d'âge préscolaire , Mâle , Femelle , Syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise/épidémiologie , Diarrhée/étiologie , Retard de croissance staturo-pondérale/étiologie , Hépatomégalie/étiologie , Syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise/mortalitéRésumé
This report describes two cases of Fanconi's in Trinidadian sisters of East Indian origin. The cases have been confirmed by chromosomal analysis which showed increased breaks and ring forms. Anorexia was a persistent finding in both cases. One of the sisters also had a poor growth hormone response
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Humains , Enfant d'âge préscolaire , Femelle , Anémie aplasique/étiologie , Trinité-et-Tobago , Anorexie/complicationsRésumé
We reported the isolation of Eikenella corrodens from a brain abscess in a child with cuanotic congenital heart disease in Trinidad