During an outbreak of measles in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, 9 patients (age range 4 months to 18 years) were diagnosed with subcutaneous emphysema. Incidence of this rare complication o...
Bonnet MMB, Nansumba M, Bastard M, Orikiriza P, Kyomugasho N, et al.
2017-08-02 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
2017-08-02 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
BACKGROUND Mortality among children with presumptive tuberculosis (TB) empiric TB treatment can be high. We describe the predictors of death among children with presumptive TB, and t...
Mohr-Holland E, Daniels J, Furin J, Loveday M, Mudaly V, et al.
2021-05-01 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
2021-05-01 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
This brief report presents a series of 5 pregnant women treated for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis with the novel drugs bedaquiline, delamanid, and linezolid as part of an optimized b...
Measles epidemic in the urban community of Niamey: transmission patterns, vaccine efficacy and immunization strategies, Niger, 1990 to 1991
Malfait P, Jataou IM, Jollet MC, Margot A, De Benoist AC, et al.
1994-01-01 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
1994-01-01 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
From October 1, 1990, until April 28, 1991, 13,578 cases of measles were reported in the urban community of Niamey, Niger. Vaccine coverages (one dose of Schwarz vaccine given after 9 mo...
Kaninda AV, Legros D, Jataou IM, Malfait P, Maisonneuve M, et al.
1998-11-01 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
1998-11-01 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
BACKGROUND: An Expanded Programme on Immunization was started in late 1987 in Niger, including vaccination against measles with one dose of standard titer Schwarz vaccine given to infant...
Nansumba M, Kumbakumba E, Orikiriza P, Muller Y, Nackers F, et al.
2016-02-01 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
2016-02-01 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
BACKGROUND Difficulty to obtain sputum in children complicates diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculosis (TB). The intragastric string test (ST) used for retrieval of enteric pathogens...
2016-05-16 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
The number of HIV-infected children starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) has increased in resource-limited settings during the past decades. However, there are still few published dat...
