Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is a severe neurological complication of influenza infection, including H1N1 influenza. Many cases of ANE have been reported in the pediatric literature, but very few cases have been described in adults. The cause of ANE remains unknown-the influenza virus is not known to be neurotropic, and evidence of direct viral involvement of the central nervous syste...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pediatric dermatology is a relatively new subspecialty for which few epidemiological studies are available. We aimed to determine the work load associated with this subspecialty and the most common presenting complaints among pediatric patients in the general dermatology clinic of our hospital. METHODS A descriptive study was performed based on hospital records to an...

Background. Pediatric patients make up 7.5% of the global population living with HIV infection and comprise 15% of incident cases worldwide each year (WHO). 91% of the 3.4 million children living with HIV at the end of 2011 reside in sub-Saharan Africa (WHO). They represent a challenging population to manage due to limited pediatric ARV formulations, poor healthcare resources, suboptimal medica...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, systemic, idiopathic and autoimmune disease. Infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a risk factor associated with the development of SLE. Almost all pediatric patients with SLE have serological evidence of EBV infection. Patients with SLE have increased EBV viral load in serum and saliva. These patients have 15-30 times the amount of vira...