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Brucellosis is a rare disease in children. Lung involvement is an uncommon presentation of brucellosis. The authors are presenting a child with brucellosis, who presented with predominant pulmonary involvement. It was an eight-year-old child who was referred to us a case of non-resolving pneumonia. Brucella agglutination test was suggestive of brucellosis. He responded to the combination of doxycycline and rifampicin.
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Tests d'agglutination , Brucellose/complications , Enfant , Humains , Mâle , Pneumopathie infectieuse/traitement médicamenteuxRésumé
A case of muscular hypertrophy in a hypothyroid 12-year-old male child, known as Kocher Debre Semelaigne syndrome, is reported with review of the relevant literature. The patient responded well to l-thyroxine therapy.
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Enfant , Humains , Hypertrophie , Hypothyroïdie/complications , Mâle , Muscles squelettiques/physiopathologie , Maladies musculaires/diagnostic , Syndrome , Glande thyroide/anatomopathologie , Hormones thyroïdiennes/déficit , Thyroxine/usage thérapeutique , Résultat thérapeutiqueRésumé
Profile of children attending in a Pediatric Emergency Unit of an urban teaching hospital over a period of one year was analyzed. The total number of patients seen between September 1999 to August 2000 was 9205; there was a prepondence of boys (73%). The maximum number of patients were seen in the monsoon month of July and August. About half (52.5%) of the patients were infants. Fever (29.5%), breathing difficulty (17.4%) and diarrhea (14.5%) were the most common presenting symptoms. Respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses were the two commonest pediatric emergencies. About 2% (n-198) patients died within 24 hours of hospitalization; 42.3% deaths were in the age group of 0-28 days. Sepsis was the most common diagnosis in patients who died. This information may help in planning and development of a Pediatric Emergency unit and prioritizing residents, training.