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Flatrès C, Roué JM, Picard C, Carausu L, Thomas C, Pellier I, Millot F, Gandemer V, Chantreuil J, Lorton F, Gras Le Guen C, Launay E. Investigation of primary immune deficiency after severe bacterial infection in children: A population-based study in western France. Arch Pediatr 2021; 28:398-404. [PMID: 33903000 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2021.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infectious diseases are still an important cause of morbidity and mortality in high-income countries and may preferentially affect predisposed children, especially immunocompromised children. We aimed to evaluate the frequency of recommended immunological tests in children with community-onset severe bacterial infection (COSBI) admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit. We also assessed the frequency and described the typology of diagnosed primary immune deficiency (PID). METHODS We conducted a retrospective observational epidemiological study in six university hospitals in western France. All children from 1 month to 16 years of age admitted to hospital for bacterial meningitis, purpura fulminans, or meningococcal disease between August 2009 and January 2014 were included. We analyzed the frequency, type, and results of the immunological tests performed on children with meningitis, purpura fulminans, or a meningococcemia episode. RESULTS Among the 143 children included (144 episodes), 84 (59%) and 60 (41%) had bacterial meningitis and purpura fulminans or meningococcemia, respectively: 72 (50%) had immunological tests and 8% had a complete immunological investigation as recommended. Among the 72 children examined for PID, 11 (15%) had at least one anomaly in the immunological test results. Two children had a diagnosis of PID (one with C2 deficit and the other with C8 deficit) and seven other children had possible PID. Thus, the prevalence of a definite or possible diagnosis of PID was 12% among the children examined. CONCLUSION PID is rarely investigated after COSBI. We raise awareness of the need for immunological investigations after a severe infection requiring PICU admission.
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- C Flatrès
- Brest University Hospital, Pediatrics Department, Brest, France.
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- Brest University Hospital, neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Brest, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, Inserm UMR 1163, Paris, University Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Brest University Hospital, Pediatrics Department, Brest, France
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- CHU de Nantes, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit, Nantes, France
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- University Hospital of Angers, Department of Pediatric Onco-hematology, Angers, France
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- Department of Pediatric Onco-Hematology, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital of Rennes, Rennes, France
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- Centre Hospitalo-universitaire de Tours, Service de réanimation pédiatrique, Tours, France
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- CHU de Nantes, Department of Pediatric Emergency, Nantes, France
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- CHU de Nantes, Department of Pediatric Emergency, Nantes, France; CHU de Nantes, Department of Pediatrics, Nantes, France
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- CHU de Nantes, Department of Pediatrics, Nantes, France
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Decision making process, programmatic and logistic impact of the transition from a single-dose vial to a multi-dose vial of the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine in Benin. Vaccine 2020; 38:6807-6813. [PMID: 32893037 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Benin, a country eligible for Gavi support, changed the presentation of the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) from the single-dose vial (SDV) to the multi-dose vial (MDV). The present work aims to evaluate the process of making this decision as well as programmatic and logistic impacts. METHODS WHO protocol for post-introduction evaluation (PIE) was used. Programmatic impact was evaluated by comparing PCV13 coverage and dropout rates with a comparator vaccine administered simultaneously over similar 6-month periods prior to and after the transition. This impact was also appreciated from observation of multi-dose vial management practices during immunization sessions. Logistic impact was measured from the analysis of storage capacities, waste management and vaccine losses. RESULTS Decision to move to PCV13 MDV was taken at EPI level. Activities planned to support this switch were partially implemented. Impact on vaccination coverage and PCV13 dropout rates in relation with the transition to PCV13 MDV was not detected. The study found that 63% of the health staff surveyed knew and applied WHO's multidose vial policy (MDVP). Vaccines opened vials were found in 83% of health facilities visited. PCV13 MDV (37%) was one of the 3 main vaccines found with open vials in health facility refrigerators. Vaccination risky practices were observed during immunization sessions in 83% of health facilities. The main risky practice was the lack of indication of the date and hour of opening vials (56%). There was a reduction of the volume occupied by vaccines at central store by 47%. Net storage volume per fully immunized child (FIC) decreased from 69.5 to 41 m3. PCV13 MDV allows for 40% reduction in the amount of waste produced by vaccination. PCV13 open vial loss rate has increased from 3 to 7%. CONCLUSION Benin's experience in transition to an MDV presentation of PCV13 reveals the need for better preparation and planning.
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BACKGROUND Pneumococcal meningitis (PM) is a serious disease that can rarely recur at a later time after the initial episode. METHODS A retrospective multicenter case-control study was conducted with data for children 18 years of age or younger obtained from the National Observatory of Bacterial Meningitis in Children between January 2001 and September 2015. Cases were all patients with RPM. Each case was matched with 2 randomized controls with a single PM episode in the year of the first episode of PM in the case and born the same year. Case and control data were compared. RESULTS Among the 1634 PM episodes in children 18 years of age or younger, 24 (1.5%) children had RPM. RPM cases were significantly less frequent than single PM cases in winter (27% vs. 48%; P=0.03) and showed significantly less concomitant ear, nose and throat infections when considering the first episode (30% vs. 56%, P = 0.04) and all episodes (28% vs. 56%, P < 0.01). Cerebrospinal fluid leakage was frequent in RPM cases versus controls (83% vs. 10%, P < 0.01), including 25% discovered after the third PM episode. Immune deficiency was absent in cases and present in 15% of controls. Cases and controls did not differ in death rate or neurologic outcome. CONCLUSIONS RPM is rare in children. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage must be considered.
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Alexandre C, Dubos F, Courouble C, Pruvost I, Varon E, Martinot A. Rebound in the incidence of pneumococcal meningitis in northern France: effect of serotype replacement. Acta Paediatr 2010; 99:1686-90. [PMID: 20626365 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01914.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM To determine whether the recent emergence of nonvaccine pneumococcal serotypes has affected the incidence of pneumococcal meningitis in children a few years after the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. METHODS We conducted a multicentre retrospective cohort study from 2005 to 2008 in all hospitals with paediatric units in northern France. It included all patients < 18 years of age who were admitted for laboratory-confirmed pneumococcal meningitis during the study period. Data were collected from medical files and laboratory records at each hospital and compared with the regional hospital discharge codes. We assessed global and age-specific incidence rates of pneumococcal meningitis from 2005 through 2008, compared them with those from the prevaccine era (2000-2002) and evaluated pneumococcal serotypes. RESULTS In all, 41 cases were found during the study period. The incidence rate of pneumococcal meningitis varied from 0.8/100,000 children < 18 years in 2005 to 1.8/100,000 children in 2008 (2.2-fold increase, p = 0.06); and from 1.8 to 11.9/100,000 children < 2 years (6.5-fold increase, p = 0.004). This increase was caused by nonvaccine pneumococcal serotypes. CONCLUSION The incidence of pneumococcal meningitis in infants has rebounded in northern France during the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine programme, with the emergence of nonvaccine pneumococcal serotypes.
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- C Alexandre
- Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Emergency Unit and Infectious Diseases, Université Lille Nord-de-France, Lille, France
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Levy C, de La Rocque F, Cohen R. Actualisation de l’épidémiologie des méningites bactériennes de l’enfant en France. Med Mal Infect 2009; 39:419-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Haas H. Antibiothérapie d’une méningite présumée bactérienne de l’enfant (rationnel, modalités, durée, suivi). Med Mal Infect 2009; 39:647-58. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Observatoire national des méningites bactériennes de l'enfant en France : résultats de 7 années d'étude. Arch Pediatr 2008; 15 Suppl 3:S99-S104. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(08)75491-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Levy C, Varon E, Bingen E, Picard C, de La Rocque F, Aujard Y, Cohen R. Méningites à pneumocoque de l'enfant en France : 832 cas de 2001 à 2007. Arch Pediatr 2008; 15 Suppl 3:S111-8. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(08)75493-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hamdad F, Canarelli B, Rousseau F, Thomas D, Biendo M, Eb F, Varon E, Laurans G. [Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in Amiens Hospital between 1990 and 2005. Bacteriological characteristics of strains isolated]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 55:446-52. [PMID: 17905533 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 07/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is actually the first most likely organism to cause meningitis in children 2 months to 2 years old and in adults older than 65 years. From January 1990 to December 2005, 72 cases of S. pneumoniae-positive cerebrospinal fluid culture were indexed in our hospital. Among the 72 cases, 25 came from children, and 60% of these came from children under two years of age and 47 came from adults whose the mean age was 55 years. The first penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae (PNSP) meningitis was identified in 1993. The susceptibility to penicillin of pneumococcal isolates causing meningitis varied according to time; until 1995, 25% of the strains were PNSP, then from 1996 to 2005, 50% of strains were PNSP. The overall prevalence of non-susceptible was 34.7% (25/72). Among the 25 PNSP, 21 were intermediate to penicillin G and four of them were resistant. Among children, seven PNSP meningitis were indexed and one of them was resistant. The antimicrobial MICs of amoxicillin and cefotaxim varied from 0.064 to 1 mg/l and from 0.016 to 0.5 mg/l respectively. Among adults, 18 PNSP meningitis were indexed. Three strains were penicillin-resistant. The antimicrobial MICs of amoxicillin varied from 0.064 to 2 mg/l. Nine strains of 18 PNSP had cefotaxim MIC>/=0.5 mg/l and, four of them had MIC 1 mg/l. None amoxicillin and cefotaxim-resistant strain was isolated. Serotyping of all strains was performed in the Reference Center. Serotypes 6B, 9V and 19 were the most frequent in child and serotypes 6B, 23F, 19, 9, 4 were the most frequent in adult. So, all serotypes were represented.
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- F Hamdad
- Service de bactériologie-hygiène, CHU d'Amiens, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens cedex 01, France.
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Bourrillon A, Benoist G, Cohen R, Bingen E. Prescriptions actuelles de l'antibiothérapie chez le nourrisson et l'enfant. Arch Pediatr 2007; 14:932-42. [PMID: 17531453 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Antimicrobial chemotherapy prescription should take into account the following items: 1) accurate diagnosis (most often clinical) and definition criteria of infectious diseases; 2) treatment justification; 3) confirmation of a bacterial etiology (now facilitated in some clinical situations by broadly available easy-to-use rapid diagnosis tests); 4 evidence-based antimicrobial choices; 5) modalities of prescriptions guided by official authorities (guidelines from French agency of medicinal products).
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- A Bourrillon
- Service de pédiatrie générale, hôpital Robert-Debré, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75935 Paris cedex 19, France.
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Chavanet P, Schaller C, Levy C, Flores-Cordero J, Arens M, Piroth L, Bingen E, Portier H. Performance of a predictive rule to distinguish bacterial and viral meningitis. J Infect 2007; 54:328-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2006] [Revised: 06/14/2006] [Accepted: 06/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Thabet F, Tilouche S, Tabarki B, Amri F, Guediche MN, Sfar MT, Harbi A, Yacoub M, Essoussi AS. Mortalité par méningites à pneumocoque chez l'enfant. Facteurs pronostiques à propos d'une série de 73 observations. Arch Pediatr 2007; 14:334-7. [PMID: 17187969 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2006.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2006] [Revised: 10/17/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Despite advances in antibiotic therapy strategies and pediatric intensive care, prognosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis remains very poor. To determine the factors associated with hospital mortality of children with pneumococcal meningitis. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of 73 cases of childhood pneumococcal meningitis admitted in 4 teaching hospitals in the center of Tunisia during a 8-year period (1995-2002). RESULTS Hospital mortality was 13.7% (10 of 71 patients), and neurologic sequela were observed in 34.5% of survivors. Based on univariable analysis, five variables were associated with the outcome: Pediatric Risk of Mortality score (p < 0.001), coma (p=0.0009), use of mechanical ventilation (p=0.0001), convulsions (p = 0.0449), and shock (p=0.0085). In multivariable analysis, only 2 factors were independently associated with in-hospital mortality: Pediatric Risk of Mortality score and the use of mechanical ventilation. 11.8% of pneumococcal isolates were intermediate and resistant to penicillin. Non-susceptible pneumococcus strains to penicillin and the use of steroids were not associated significantly with the mortality rate. CONCLUSIONS Pneumococcal meningitis remains a devastating childhood disease. Two variables were independently associated with the in-hospital death in our series (high Pediatric Risk of Mortality score, and the use of mechanical ventilation). According to these data we may recommend the inclusion of vaccination against streptococcus pneumonia in the children's immunization program in Tunisia.
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- F Thabet
- Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Farhat-Hached, avenue Ibn-El-Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
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