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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2022

Fatal Pediatric Melioidosis and the Role of Hyperferritinemic Sepsis-Induced Multiple-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.

Anand Mohan, Malini Paranchothy, Sakthy Segaran, Richard Siu-Chiu Wong, Yek-Kee Chor, Yuwana Podin, Mong-How Ooi

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anand MohanDepartment of Pediatrics, Bintulu Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Malini ParanchothyDepartment of Pediatrics, Bintulu Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Sakthy SegaranDepartment of Pediatrics, Bintulu Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Richard Siu-Chiu WongDepartment of Pediatrics, Bintulu Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Yek-Kee ChorDepartment of Pediatrics, Sarawak General Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Yuwana PodinInstitute of Health and Community Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Mong-How OoiInstitute of Health and Community Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Ministry of Health · MYSarawak General Hospital · MYUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melioidosis is reported to cause a high fatality rate in children, even in the absence of risk factors for disease. The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of fatal pediatric melioidosis infection. We performed a retrospective analysis of children aged < 15 years with culture-confirmed melioidosis admitted to Bintulu Hospital in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, from January 2011 to December 2020. Forty-one children had culture-confirmed melioidosis. Nine (22%) had a fatal outcome; 8 (89%) had no predisposing risk factors. Bacteremia, septic shock, and acute respiratory distress syndrome were present in all fatalities. Demographic characteristics, presenting manifestation, and disseminated infection were not significantly associated with mortality, whereas the presence of splenomegaly, cytopenia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and hepatobiliary dysfunction, all of which are features of hyperferritinemic sepsis-induced multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome, were associated with mortality. Hyperferritinemic sepsis-induced multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome may be a key component in the pathogenesis of fatal pediatric melioidosis.

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MelioidosisSepsisShock, SepticChildHumansMultiple Organ FailureRetrospective Studies

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PMID35895426
PMCPMC9393471
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