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ArticleWorld journal of pediatrics : WJP2019

Clinical features in proven and probable invasive fungal disease in children and adolescents at a pediatric referral center: a 5-year experience.

Kenji Kishimoto, Masashi Kasai, Noriko Kawamura, Yusuke Ito, Makiko Yoshida, Daiichiro Hasegawa, Keiichiro Kawasaki, Yoshiyuki Kosaka

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Article in World journal of pediatrics : WJP, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Kenji KishimotoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Cancer Center, Kobe Children's Hospital, Minatojima-Minamimachi 1-6-7, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan. ken@yacht.ocn.ne.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5495-8498
Masashi KasaiDepartment of Infectious Disease, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Noriko KawamuraDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Yusuke ItoDepartment of Infectious Disease, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Makiko YoshidaDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Daiichiro HasegawaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Cancer Center, Kobe Children's Hospital, Minatojima-Minamimachi 1-6-7, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Keiichiro KawasakiDepartment of Pediatrics, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Kobe, Japan.
Yoshiyuki KosakaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Cancer Center, Kobe Children's Hospital, Minatojima-Minamimachi 1-6-7, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Kobe Children's Hospital · JPTokyo-Kita Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is limited information concerning the overall epidemiology of invasive fungal disease (IFD) in children. The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical features of IFD in a tertiary pediatric care hospital.

methodsPatients diagnosed with proven or probable IFD at our hospital between 2011 and 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Proven and probable IFD were defined according to the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group consensus. Patients with possible IFD were excluded.

resultsThe incidence of proven or probable IFD was 26 of 20,079 hospitalized patients (0.13%). The predominant underlying disease was malignancy (54%) and congenital anomaly (27%). The most common diagnosis was candidemia among the patients with proven IFD (8 of 13, 62%). All the isolated pathogens in the candidemia patients were non-albicans Candida spp. The most common site of infection was the lungs in patients with probable IFD (11 of 13 patients, 85%). In probable IFD episodes, positive β-D-glucan and galactomannan were found in 12 of 13 (92%) and 5 of 13 (38%) patients, respectively. All but one patient (96%) received empirical antifungal therapy. No patients underwent surgical resection of residual lesions. The overall mortality was 23% and the attributable mortality of IFD was 12%.

conclusionOur results suggest the emergence of non-albicans Candida species as important pathogens in childhood IFD.

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AdolescentChildChild, HospitalizedChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansIncidenceInfantInvasive Fungal InfectionsJapanMaleChildrenIncidenceInvasive fungal diseaseMortality

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