Studies of HIV-1-infected humans indicate that the thymus can be infected by HIV-1. In some of these patients, there is a significant CD4(+) T cell decline and a faster disease progression. This phenomenon is more evident in pediatric patients who depend heavily on their thymus for generation of new T cells. We hypothesize that HIV-1 causes T cell regenerative failure within the thymus, which h...

In order to describe the proportion and pattern of culling in commercial goatherds, this survey was carried out in an industrialized goatherd in Torbat-e-Jam, Iran, over a period of 18 years from 1996 to 2013. In total, the data of 3945 goats were used in this study. Finally, out of all samples, 499 (12%) goats were culled. The involuntary culling was performed mainly due to shortage disorders ...

The global incidence of pediatric HIV infection is estimated at 2.3 million children, most acquiring the infection from their mothers in utero, peripartum, or postpartum. Pediatric HIV infection typically causes a rapidly progressive disease when compared with adult infection, due in part to the profound susceptibility of the neonatal thymus to productive infection or degenerative changes. Fail...

Community-acquired pneumonia is a potentially serious infection in children with high morbidity rate, risk of severe course and unfavorable outcomes. Specialists have noted the increased incidence destructive forms recent years. Aim. To present clinical case 1 year 2 month old child, hospitalized State Budgetary Healthcare Institution “Children’s City Clinical Hospital St. Vladimir Moscow Depar...

To develop such a system, a retrospective study was performed on patients with meningitis admitted at three major pediatric hospitals during a ten-year period. In this study, important cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF) indices were measured and compared in cases of bacterial and viral meningitis. Glucose, protein and white blood cells (WBCs) were analyzed in 609 patients with meningitis and scores wer...

Higher Viral Load in Immunocompetent Pediatric HAdV Respiratory Samples Eunkyung Song, MD; Amy Leber, PhD; Preeti Jaggi, MD; Octavio Ramilo, MD; Pediatiric Infectious Disease, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH; Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH; Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH; Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospi...

Introduction Systemic onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SoJIA) is rare pediatric disease, it accounts for 10% of children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. The onset of disese can be vary nonspecific and may suggest bacterial or viral infection, malignancy or other rheumatic disease. It is highly characterised by its extra-articular systemic illness features and, in some ways, it resembles...