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Pediatric Gram-negative bloodstream infections: epidemiology, antibiotic resistance, clinical outcomes and factors affecting mortality, a single center retrospective study

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2025 Feb 28;19(2):238-247. doi: 10.3855/jidc.20258. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The increasing prevalence of Gram-negative bloodstream infections in pediatric patients poses significant treatment challenges, …

Epidemiology of Viral Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Western Australia: A Retrospective Study From 2016 to 2021 Including the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025 Mar 7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004751. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Viral infections are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in …

Tuberculosis incidence, deaths and disability-adjusted life years in children and adolescence, 1990-2021: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

PLoS One. 2025 Mar 10;20(3):e0317880. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317880. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: For a long time, eliminating tuberculosis (TB) has been an enormous challenge in global …

Evaluation of prenatal and postnatal outcomes of fetuses with intrauterine cardiac anomalies: Tertiary center experience

Turk J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Mar 10;22(1):55-64. doi: 10.4274/tjod.galenos.2025.60894. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Fetal cardiac anomalies are among the leading causes of infant mortality due to congenital …

Optimizing Biotinidase Activity Assays: Insights From Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation From a Low-Middle Income Country

Cureus. 2025 Feb 4;17(2):e78529. doi: 10.7759/cureus.78529. eCollection 2025 Feb. ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to verify the methods used for biotinidase deficiency (BTD) assays, including …