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MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2001 TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2001 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2001
   POSTER SESSION I POSTER SESSION II

   

TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2001

08:00-18:00 
P1A POSTER SESSION 1 POSTER AREA
Board No. VACCINES  
PNEUMOCOCCAL CARRIAGE AMONG DAY-CARE CENTER ATTENDEES: A MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY
D. Bogaert*, M.N. Engelen, A.J.M. Timmers-Reker, K.C.P. Elzenar, R. De Groot, P.G.H. Peerbooms, P.W.M.
Hermans, The Netherlands
 
DO ANTIBODIES TO PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE ADHESIN A (PsaA) PREVENT PNEUMOCOCCAL INVOLVEMENT IN ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA (Pnc AOM)?
S. Rapola*, T. Kilpi, M. Lahdenkari, A.K. Takala, P. Makela, H. Kayhty, Finland
 
IMMUNE RESPONSES TO NOVEL PNEUMOCOCCAL PROTEIN ANTIGENS (PNEUMOLYSIN, PSPA, PSAA AND CBPA) IN ADENOIDAL B CELLS FROM CHILDREN
A. Finn*, E. Pettitt, S. Choo, Q. Zhang, UK
 
A RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY TO EVALUATE THE IMMUNOGENICITY OF AN 11-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL PROTEIN D CONJUGATE VACCINE ADMINISTERED AS PRIMARY VACCINATION TO INFANTS AT 6, 10 AND 14 WEEKS OF AGE
S.R. Gatchalian*, C. Borja-Tabora, N.R. Bermal, M.H. Hohenboken, P. Peeters, Philippines
 
THE DEVELOPMENT OF IGG AVIDITY IN INFANTS AFTER IMMUNIZATION WITH AN 11-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE
T. Wuorimaa*, R. Dagan, F. Bailleux, R. Haikala, J. Eskola, H. Kayhty, Finland
 
SAFETY OF HEPTAVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PRETERM INFANTS
P. Ray*, J. Schwalbe, H.R. Shinefield, S. Black, E. Lewis, J. Hackell, F. Malinoski, USA
 
IMMUNOGENICITY AND SAFETY OF A 7-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE (7VPNC) GIVEN CONCOMITANTLY WITH A 5-COMPONENT DTAP-IPV-HIB VACCINE
H.J. Schmitt*, J. Faber, I. Bartels, B. Thoma, N. Ahlers, Germany
 
FUNCTIONAL ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO 11-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL (Pnc) CONJUGATE VACCINE IN FILIPINO INFANTS
T. Puumalainen*, R. Capeding, H. Nohynek, O. Leroy, K. Jousimies, M. Lucero, H. Kayhty, Finland
 
EFFECT OF HEPATAVALENT CONJUGATE PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE IN INFANCY AND BOOSTER POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE AT 13 MONTHS ON NASOPHARYNGEAL CARRIAGE OF S. PNEUMONIAE IN CHILDREN AGED 2 TO 4 YEARS.
R. Lakshman*, G. Race, L. Shaw, C. Murdoch, E. Pettitt, A. Finn, UK
 
10  A RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOSE-RANGE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE IMMUNOGENICITY OF A TETRAVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL PROTEIN D CONJUGATE VACCINE IN INFANTS, AND BOOSTABILITY BY PLAIN POLYSACCHARIDE
A. Arguedas*, C. Loaiza, A. Perez, Y. Cervantes, M. Hohenboken, J. Jacquet, P. Peeters, Costa Rica
 
11  EFFECT OF A 7-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE ON NASOPHARYNGEAL (NP) CARRIAGE AMONG NAVAJO AND WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE (N/WMA) INFANTS
K.L. O'Brien*, M.A. Bronsdon, G.M. Carlone, R.R. Facklam, B. Schwartz, R.R. Reid, M. Santosham, USA
 
12  FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFICACY OF A HEPTAVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE (PNCCRM) AGAINST ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA
A.A.I. Palmu*, T.M. Kilpi, J. Jokinen, P.H. Makela, Finland
 
13  EFFICACY OF OKA/MERCK VARICELLA VACCINE AFTER CONCOMITANT ADMINISTRATION WITH M-M-R? II 
S.J.R. Vessey*, B.J. Kuter, H.R. Shinefield, S.B. Black, C.Y. Chan, M. Waters, J.C. Sadoff, J.F. Heyse, H. Matthews, S. Li, I.S.F. Chan, USA
 
14  GENETIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OKA VARICELLA VACCINES
A.R. Shaw*, N. Kraiouchkine, J. Condra, D. Graham, X. Liu, D. Distefano, USA
 
15  COMPARISON OF THE VARICELLA ANTIBODY RESPONSE AFTER VACCINATIONW ITH EITHER OKA/MERCK VARICELLA VACCINE OR VARILRIX™ (SB BIO [OKA-RIT])
R.S.J. Vessey*, A.L. Harmon, Y.L. Lau, L.M. Huang, T.Y. Lin, B.W. Lee, C.Y. Chan, J. Hartzel, I.S.F. Chan, J.C. Sadoff, USA
 
16  CHILDHOOD VACCINATION WITH OKA/MERCK VARICELLA VACCINE: CORRELATION OF 6 WEEK POSTVACCINATION VARICELLA ANTIBODY RESPONSE DETERMINED BY GP-ELISA WITH PROTECTION AGAINST BREAKTHROUGH INFECTION
R.S.J. Vessey*, I.S.F. Chan, L. Shu, J.F. Heyse, H. Matthews, B.J. Kuter, C.Y. Chan, J.C. Sadoff, USA
 
17  PREDICTION OF POSTVACCINATION VARICELLA BREAKTHROUGH RATES BASED ON THE VARICELLA ANTIBODY RESPONSE DETERMINED BY GPELISA 6 WEEKS POSTVACCINATION
I.S.F. Chan*, S. Li, J.F. Heyse, H. Matthews, C.Y. Chan, R.S.J. Vessey, B.J. Kuter, J.C. Sadoff, USA
 
18  OKA/MERCK VARICELLA VACCINE: PERSISTENCE OF ANTIBODY, DURATION OF PROTECTION AND VACCINE EFFICACY
B.J. Kuter*, R.S.J. Vessey, C.Y. Chan, K.M. Kaplan, J.C. Sadoff, J.F. Heyse, H. Matthews, S. Li, I.S.F. Chan, USA
 
19  THE EFFECT OF VARICELLA VACCINATION IN ASTHMATIC CHILDREN RECEIVING INHALED STEROIDS
E. Kocabas*, G. Bingol Karakoc, D. Alabaz, M. Yilmaz, D. Altintas, N. Aksaray, Turkey
 
20  HIB VACCINE EFFICACY - THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) 'NO BOOST' EXPERIENCE 
J. McVernon*, P.T. Heath, M.P. Slack, M. Ramsay, E.R. Moxon, UK
 
21  ANTIBODIES AGAINST HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (HIB) BEFORE AND AFTER A BOOSTER DOSE OF THE CARRIER PROTEIN, TETANUS TOXOID, IN ALREADY PRIMED CHILDREN
B. Claesson*, T. Lagergird, J. Taranger, B. Trollfors, Sweden
 
22  INCREASED PERTUSSIS IN UNVACCINATED INFANTS AND WANING IMMUNITY IN OLDER INDIVIDUALS
I. De Schutter*, A. Malfroot, N. Najafi, I. Dab, D. Pierard, S. Lauwers, Belgium
 
23  DURATION OF EFFICACY AFTER FOUR DOSES OF BIKEN ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINE 
J. Liese*, S. Stojanov V, J. Froeschle, E. Harzer, M.B. Murray, S. Jow, C. Meschievitz, A.M. Walker, B.H. Belohradsky, Germany
 
24  EVALUATION OF MUMPS NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY IN A DOUBLE-BLIND COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TWO LIVE-ATTENUATED MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINES
S. Stojanov*, S. Thaler, D. Krah, S. Olsen, E. Harzer, S. Jow, J.G. Liese, B.H. Belohradsky, Germany
 
25  IPV-VERO VACCINE GIVES HIGH ANTIBODY RESPONSE AND IS WELL TOLERATED IN INFANTS 
S. Sandbu*, H. Nokleby, O. Helland, L.B. Flugsrud, H.C. Rumke, Norway
 
26  ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO MMR VACCINATION IN CHILDREN OF NORTHERN GREECE 
J. Kavaliotis*, S. Petridou, E. Chatziagorou, D. Karapaktsoglou, K. Kontouli, C. Psilaki, A. Kansouzidou, H. Tsagaropoulou, Greece
 
Board No. P1B NEONATAL INFECTIONS  
27  USE OF SOLUBLE L-SELECTIN, A MARKER OF IMMUNE ACTIVATION, IN NEONATAL INFECTION 
A.P. Kourtis*, A.T. Kessler, F.K. Lee, USA
 
28  INTRAPARTUM ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS (IAP) IN BETA-LACTAM ALLERGIC PREGNANT WOMEN: IS IT A PROBLEM?
E. Lachassinne*, C. Hombrouck, I. Poilane, A. Collignon, P. Cruaud, J. Gaudelus, M. Uzan, France
 
29  IODINE ANTISEPTICS FOR PREVENTION OF NEONATAL HERPETIC INFECTION AND HIV VERTICAL INFECTION: CONSEQUENCES FOR NEW-BORNS AND THYROID FUNCTIONS.
E. Lachassinne*, M. Izembart, C. Belasco, M. Uzan, J. Gaudelus, France
 
30  EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF INTESTINAL MULTIRESISTANT GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA CARRIERS FROM OUTBORN PATIENTS IN A NEONATAL UNIT.
E. Lachassinne*, P. Millet, I. Poilane, A. Collignon, P. Daoud, J. Gaudelus, France
 
31  NEONATAL BLOOD CULTURES: HOW MUCH BLOOD DO WE TAKE? 
J. Buttery*, M. Herbert, I. Tallach, B. Batchelor, J. Johnson, A. Breathnach, A. Bedford-Russell, P. Heath, UK
 
32  HEMATOLOGIC EFFECTS OF RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR ON PERIPHERAL BLOOD IN NEONATES WITH SEPSIS AND NEUTROPENIA
A. Yaramis*, S. Gunbey, M.C. Devecioglu, K. Bilgin, Turkey
 
33  CONGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS: A case report 
O. Bor, D. Dinleyici, A.K. Kocak*, Turkey
 
34  NEONATAL SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR HEIDELBERG SEPSIS 
M. Gracia Casanova*, P. Ventura Faci, P. Samper Villagrasa, M. Vazquez Olivares, E. Duran Sanchez, V. Gonzalez Asun, J. Perez Gonzalez, Spain
 
35  NOSOCOMIAL SEPSIS (NS) IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY 
D. Mandel*, Y. Litner, F.B. Yoav, S. Dollberg, Israel
 
36  HETEROGENEITY AMONG GROUP B STREPTOCOCCI - IMPACT ON PATHOGENICITY OF NEONATAL SEPSIS
R. Berner*, M. Ruess, J. Csorba, P. Welter, Germany
 
37  PREVALENCE OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL COLONIZATION WITH GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS
M. Tsolia*, M. Psoma, I. Liaga, S. Gavrili, C. Kostalos, S. Michalas, V. Petrochilou, T. Karpathios, Greece
 
38  VAGINAL COLONIZATION OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS 
E. Hosaf*, E. Seber, B. Cetin, A. Gunduz, Turkey
 
39  SESPIS RATE IN CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS ON A TERTIARY NEONATAL UNIT 
J.H. Hoggard*, A.R. Bedford-Russel, UK
 
40  "SEPSIS WORK-UP" IN THE NEONATE - HOW LONG TO TREAT?
Y. Schlesinger*, M.S. Schimmel, Y. Meislish, B. Rudensky, A.I. Eidelman, Israel
 
41  CONGENITAL VARICELLA SYNDROME 
K. De Waele*, K. Vandekerckhove, L. Goossens, K. Dhaene, C. De Praeter, Belgium
 
42  NEONATAL SHIGELLOSIS; CASE REPORTS AND REVIEW 
A.S. Luder, Y. Viner, E. Gottfried, D. Segal, D. Miron*, Israel
 
43  UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM AMNIONITIS LEADS TO PROLONGED HOSPITALIZATION IN PRETERM INFANTS
A. Berger*, L. Kirchner, H. Helmer, A. Pollak, D. Zaknun, Austria
 
44  INVASIVE CANDIDOSIS IN A SINGLE NICU: TRENDS DURING THE LAST 6 YEARS 
E. Roilides*, E. Farmaki, J. Evdoridou, M. Tsivitanidou, E. Bibashi, D. Sofianou, G. Kremenopoulos, Greece
 
45  SEVERE INFECTIONS AMONG YOUNG INFANTS BELOW 2 MONTHS OF AGE IN BOHOL, PHILIPPINES
B.P. Quiambao*, S.P. Lupisan, E.A. Ladesma, L.T. Sombrero, J. Arcay, V.V. Romano, M.G. Lucero, E. Herva,
P. Ruutu, Finland
 
46  BACTERIAL COLONIZATION OF UMBILICAL (UVC) AND CENTRAL (CVC) VENOUS CATHETER IN INFANT NEWBORNS
Y. Aujard*, M. Rajguru, P. Pariani-Kurkdjian, D. Bakari, C. Doit, E. Bingen, France
 
47  PROBLEMS FOR THE 2000'S IN NEONATAL BACTERIAL INFECTIONS : POTENTIAL ESPID STUDIES 
Y. Aujard*, France
 
48  NON COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS (CONS) CATHETER RELATED SEPSIS (CRS) IN NEWBORN INFANTS
Y. Aujard*, M. Dib-Nauphal, M. Rajguru, P. Mariani-Kurkdjian, E. Bingen, France
 
49  SUCCESSFULLY TREATED FUNGEMIA DUE TO TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII IN NEONATES 
J. Evdoridou, P. Panagopoulou*, E. Bibashi, D. Sofianou, G. Kremenopoulos, E. Roilides, Greece
 
Board No. P1C RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS  
50  BRONCHOGENIC CYST IN A CHILD WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS 
M. Gracia Casanova*, E. Lopez-Franco, M. Vazquez Olivares, O. Beuno, P. Burgues, J.A. Esteban, Spain
 
51  THE CYTOLOGIC PICTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAR FLUID (MEF) DURING ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA (AOM): PNEUMOCOCCAL AOM IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHEST MEF WHITE BLOOD CELL (WBC) COUNTS
E. Leibovitz*, A. Broides, R. Dagan, S. Raiz, M. Kafka, L. Piglansky, A. Leiberman, T. Yermiahu, Israel
 
52  ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA AND ANTIBIOTICS: CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES 
I. Axelsson*, Sweden
 
53  ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA AND ANTIBIOTICS: ANONYMOUS DEATHS MUST BE INCLUDED IN BENEFIT-HARM ASSESSMENTS
I. Axelsson*, Sweden
 
54  INFLUENZA VIRUSES CAUSE MORE SEVERE CROUP THAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUSES IN HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN
V. Peltola*, T. Heikkinen, O. Ruuskanen, Finland
 
55  PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH PERTUSSIS - A REPORT OF 5 CASES 
V.A. Issaev*, G.D. Ivanov, I.K. Kalev, Bulgaria
 
56  PERSISTENT COUGH IN CHILDREN : DON'T FORGET PERTUSSIS 
O. Kremp*, O. Nigeon, M. Scalbert, R. Elkohen, C. Barbier, G. Vittu, J. Cousin, France
 
57  WHEEZING IS COMMON AMONG FILIPINO CHILDREN TREATED FOR PNEUMONIA 
L. Rautio*, E. Epe, S. Aaltonen, B. Quiambao, P. Ruutu, S. Lupisan, M. Korppi, M. Lucero, H. Nohynek,
Finland
 
58  ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTION PRACTICES FOR ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA AMONG COMMUNITY PEDIATRICIANS IN ISRAEL
Y. Razon*, S. Ashkenasi, I. Levi, Y. Lax, Y. Lotem, E. Hering, E. Gazala, A. Kiro, A. Cohen, Israel
 
59  NOSOCOMIAL RSV INFECTION DOES NOT RESULT IN ENHANCED DISEASE COURSE 
M. Kneyber*, R. De Groot, H.A. Moll, The Netherlands
 
60  SAFETY AND THERAPEUTIC PROFILE OF SYNAGIS (PALIVIZUMAB) OVER A FIRST AND SECOND RSV SEASON
J. Groothuis*, M. McCue, USA
 
61  PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN 2 TO 59 MONTHS OLD ADMITTED TO A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL PHILIPPINES
S. Lupisan*, E. Abucejo-Ladesma, L. Sombrero, B. Quiambao, V. Romano, G. Esperar, J. Arcay, E. Herva, I. Riley, P. Ruutu, Philippines
 
62  COXIELLA BURNETII AND PERSISTENT COUGH: IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION? 
H. Maltezou*, C. Kallergi, N.G. Papadopoulos, I. Constantopoulou, D.A. Kafetzis, Greece
 
63  CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF B. PERTUSSIS AND B. PARAPERTUSSIS INFECTIONS IN A HIGHLY VACCINATED POPULATION
J. Liese*, S. Stojanov, B.H. Belohradsky, Germany
 
64  COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA AND EMPYEMA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI 
M. Ozturk*, T. Kuyucu, M. Kose, B. Sumerkan, S. Taspinar, Turkey
 
Board No. P1D ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE  
65  LOW CARRIAGE OF PENICILLIN NON-SUSCEPTIBLE STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE IN CHILDREN ATTENDING DAY CARE CENTERS IN ROSKILDE, DENMARK
M.S. Kaltoft*, H.B. Konradsen, Denmark
 
66  SECONDARY RESISTANCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI (H. PYLORI) IN CHILDREN
J. Raymond*, N. Kalach, P.H. Benhamou, F. Campeotto, M. Bergeret, F. Gottrand, M.O. Husson, O. Kremp,
C. Dupont, France
 
67  CURRENT ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE OF SHIGELLA IN LITHUANIA 
I. Narkeviciute*, G. Bernatoniene, V. Baliukynaite, O. Braskuviene, J. Bernatoniene, Lithuania
 
68  SENSITIVITY OF URINARY PATHOGENS TO ORAL ANTIBIOTICS IN CHILDREN 1991-1999
R. Straussberg, Y. Avitzur, J. Amir, D. Prais*, Israel
 
69  VANCOMYCIN MONITORING IN AN ARGENTINE PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL 
C. Salerno, G. Vega, E. Oyola, V. Osta, L. Violi, L. Martin, L. Kalbermatter, E. Lopez, N.A. Rivas*, Argentina
 
70  INCREASE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF S. PYOGENES IN CHILDREN WITH AMIGDALITIS.
F. Pagone*, J.S.S. Escribano, O. Salvado, R. Jimenez, J.M. Barroso, A.J.S. Balaguer, Spain
 
Board No. P1E OTHER INFECTIONS  
71  CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS DELETION MUTANTS IN CHRONICALLY INFECTED CHILDREN
P. Gerner*, H. Schaefer, R. Prange, S. Wirth, Germany
 
72  HGV IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS
E. Majda-Stanislawska*, M. Bednarek, Poland
 
73  DETECTION OF A NOVEL HEPATOTROPIC DNA VIRUS (SEN-VIRUS) IN CHILDREN 
P. Gerner*, C. Foerster, S. Wirth, Germany
 
74  AN UNUSUAL ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE HEPATITIS A INFECTION WITH AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN A CHILD WITH THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA
O. Duzovali*, S. Kuyucu, G. Ersoz, A. Polat, S. Unal, C. Erturk, E. Yilgor, Turkey
 
75  ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS AFTER HEPATITIS A VIRUS INFECTION
Z. Siklar*, Y. Dallar, A. Serdaroglu, M. Tinmaz, O. Amurdan, C. Okuyaz, Turkey
 
76  A FOLLOW-UP OF CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN KOREA
J.H. Kim*, J.H. Kang, J.K. Hur, D.K. Koh, South Korea
 
77  PLEURAL EFFUSION ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE HEPATITIS A INFECTION
D. Yildizdas*, E. Alhan, H. Yapcoglu, N. Aksaray, Turkey
 
78  A COMPLICATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION WITH ATYPICAL PRESENTATION 
O.M. Camurdan*, Z. Siklar, E. Ergun, Y. Dallar, Turkey
 
79  COMPARATIVE BACTERIOLOGIC STUDY OF URINARY INFECTIONS BETWEEN ADULT AND PEDIATRIC POPULATION
J. Escribano*, F. Pagone, O. Salvado, R. Jim?nez, J.M. Barroso, A.J.S. Balaguer, Spain
 
80  POST-CIRCUMCISION URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN NEONATES 
L. Harel*, R. Straussberg, J. Amir, Israel
 
81  URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI) IN HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN; PATHOGENS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS
W. Sakran*, A. Koren, Y. Horowitz, R. Halevy, R. Clodner, V. Smolkin, D. Miron, Israel
 
82  SKIN AND SOFT-TISSUE SUPERINFECTIONS COMPLICATING VARICELLA AND REQUIRING HOSPITALISATION IN PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY CHILDREN
M.J. Garcia-Miguel*, E. Giangaspro, J. Roca, F. Moraga, F. Baquero, J.A. Gomez-Campdera, P. Garcia-Corbeira, R. Boceta, R. Dal-Re, Spain
 
83  HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS DUE TO PNEUMONIA COMPLICATING VARICELLA IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT CHILDREN
F. Baquero*, E. Giangaspro, J. Roca, F. Moraga, M.J. Garcia-Miguel, J.A. Gomez-Campder, P. Garcia-Corbeira, R. Boceta, R. Dal-Re, Spain
 
84  VARICELLA EPIDEMIOLOGY IN SPAIN: PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER STUDY IN CHILDREN ATTENDING PRIMARY CARE CENTERS
J. Aristegui, F. Calbo-Torrecillas, J. Gonzalez-Hachero, F. Moraga, J. Pena-Guitiann, J. Ruiz-Contreras, J. Diez Domingo*, Spain
 
85  HEARING ASSESSMENT IN CHILDREN AFTER BACTERIAL MENINGITIS AND RISKFACTORS FOR HEARING LOSS
I. Koomen*, D.P.H. Eijking, D.E. Grobbee, J.J. Roord, A. Jennekens-Schinkel, A.M. Van Furth, The
Netherlands
 
86  COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN CHILDREN WITH MENINGEAL SIGNS
R. Oostenbrink*, J.B. Oostenbrink, K.G.M. Moons, W.K. Redekop, G. Derksen-Lubsen, D.E. Grobbee, H.A.
Moll, The Netherlands
 
87  SCHOOL PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN WITH A HISTORY OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
M.A.C. Kraak*, I. Koomen, A. Jennekens-Schinkel, D.E. Grobbee, J.J. Roord, A.M. Van Furth, The Netherlands
 
88  NOSOCOMIAL FUNGAL MENINGITIS: A CASE REPORT
S. Hatipoglu*, E.O. Sonmez, B.D. Cetin, B.F. Kilincoglu, A. Gunduz, T. Olgun, Turkey
 
89  ADMINISTRATION OF PROTEIN C IN CHILDREN WITH MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTIC SHOCK LEADS TO INCREASED LEVELS OF PROTEIN C AND APC
E.D. De Kleijn*, R. De Groot, C.E. Hack, P. Mulder, W. Engl, B. Moritz, J.A. Hazelzet, The Netherlands
 
90  BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IN PEDIATRIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS: DOES NEUTROPENIA AFFECT THE OUTCOME? A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION
M. Van Der Flier*, M. Bierings, T. Revesz, H. Van Den Berg, W.A. Kamps, J.P. Bokkerink, K. Hahlen, L.T.
Korthof, J.L.L. Kimpen, S.P.M. Geelen, The Netherlands
 
91  INVASIVE GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN
M. Tsolia*, I. Mathioudakis, E. Dimitriou, E. Lebessi, N. Myriokefalitakis, P. Spyridis, K. Sinaniotis, Greece
 
92  OUTCOME OF PENICILLIN-RESISTANT STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE INFECTION
D.S. Kim*, South Korea
 
93  COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BACTEREMIA IN CHILDREN: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY 
J. Gaudelus*, C. Hombrouck, P. Millet, C. Brinon, P. Cruaud, E. Lachassinne, A. Collignon, France
 
94  RECURRENT USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUNG CHILDREN 
J.A. Mertsola*, K. Louhi, M. Sillanpaa, H. Helenius, A. Ojanlatva, P. Rautava, Finland
 
95  VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS IN YOUNG CHILDREN ATTENDING DAY CARE CENTRESE 
V. Rosenfeldt*, T. Vesikari, X.L. Pang, S.O. Zeng, Denmark
 
96  EVALUATION OF HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS IN SMALL AGES
A. Pantazi*, A. Tragianidis, T. Almanidis, G. Karavana, H. Kyriakopoulou, M. Shoina, Greece
 
97  INFLUENCE OF BREAST FEEDING ON ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS OF INFANTS
A. Pantazi*, A. Tragianidis, A. Triantafylidou, G. Karavana, M. Shoina, H. Karanikolaou, Greece
 
98  INVASIVE SALMONELLA VIRCHOW INFECTION IN CHILDHOOD
M. Bitsori*, E. Galanakis, S. Maraki, D. Mamoulakis, E. Velivassakis, S. Sbyrakis, Greece
 
99  ACTINOMYCOSIS COMPLICATING A PULMONARY SEQUESTRATION: AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF SCOLIOSIS IN AN 11 YR OLD GIRL
K.M. Butler*, K. Johnson, M. Mc Cormack, E. Phelan, A. O Marcaigh, M. Corbally, Ireland
 
100  STUDY OF SOME BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CAMPYLOBACTER GENUS BACTERIA
D. Kyryk*, Ukraine
 
101  CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI BACTEREMIA IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT FOUR-MONTH-OLD INFANT 
F. Asensi-Botet*, C. Otero, D. Perez-Tamarit, P. Gregori, A. Orti, G. Munoz, A. Cercos, M. Santos, Spain
 
102  A CASE OF BCG OSTEOMYELITIS IN A LITTLE GIRL
P. Reichardt*, M. Borte, W. Handrick, Germany
 
103  SURVEY ON PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS IN SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE.
J. Gaudelus*, L. De Pontual, M.H. Muller, V. Hollebecque, Z. Bessa, O. Camard, E. Lachassinne, France
 
104  A SYNDROME OF TRANSIENT ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH ADENOVIRUS INFECTION
R. Straussberg*, L. Harel, Y. Levi, J. Amir, Israel
 
105  SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS (SSPE) - PARTIAL CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT AND CLINICAL-ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATION : A CASE REPORT
P. Gerner*, P. Borusiak, S. Wirth, Germany
 
106  AN OUTBREAK OF ECHOVIRUS 11 IN A CHILDREN'S HOME
E. Somekh*, R. Handsher, T. Shoat, Israel
 
107  SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY AND TYPING OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6 IN HEALTHY KOREAN CHILDREN
J.H. Kang*, R. Lee, J.K. Hur, J.H. Kim, W.S. Shin, J.H. Choi, H. Han, South Korea
 
108  UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS OF RICKETTSIAL INFECTION
M. Bitsori*, E. Galanakis, A. Gikas, Y. Tselentis, S. Sbyrakis, Greece
 
109  TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS CASES IN FAMILIES INFECTED CONSUMING ROW MILK IN 1996-1999 IN LITHUANIA
V. Macioniene*, R. Macionis, Lithuania
 
110  NEUROBORRELIOSIS WITH NORMAL CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
M. Roussey*, F. Rouget, D. Briard, S. Napuri, D. Lavarde, S. Peudenier, E. Le Gall, France
 
111  SEVERE MICROANGIOPATHIC HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN A CHILD WITH BRUCELLA INFECTION
A. Yaramis*, M. Kervancoglu, I. Yildirim, M. Soker, O. Derman, M.A. Tas, Turkey
 
112  SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED FALCIPARUM MALARIA IN CHILDREN IN GUINEA-BISSAU
P.E. Kofoed*, F. Lopez, P. Aaby, L. Rombo, Denmark
 
113  HOME-TREATMENT WITH CHLOROQUINE PROTECTS AGAINST CLINICAL MALARIA
P.E. Kofoed*, F. Co, P. Aaby, L. Rombo, Denmark
 
114  IS ONE DAILY DOSE OF QUININE SUFFICIENT FOR TREATING P.FALCIPARUM MALARIA IN CHILDREN?
P.E. Kofoed*, F. Co, A. Poulsen, C. Cabral, P. Aaby, L. Rombo, Denmark
 
115  THROMBOCYTOPENIA AS A SYMPTOM OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA ATTACKS IN IMMUNE AND NONIMMUNE CHILDREN
F. Moulin*, F. Lesage, A.H. Legros, E. Marc, P. Georges, P. Guyon, D. Gendrel, France
 
116 EHRLICHIOSIS AS AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF SEPSIS
A.I. Mouzinho*, M. Oliveira, E. Santos, L. Marcall, J. Almeida, Portugal
 
117  AN EPIDEMIC OF NOSOCOMIAL CANDIDA INFECTION : PATTERNS OF ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE AND RISK FACTORS
M. Bakir*, C. Arikan, A. Yagci, N. Cevikcioglu, Turkey
 
118  TRICHOSPORONOSIS IN A PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY CHILD IN NEPAL 
K. Singh*, V.G. Ramachandran, V. Kumar, B. Khanal, R. Singh, Nepal
 
119  LAMOTRIGINE AND TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS 
D. Vukelic*, D. Bosinovic, G. Teovic, I. Dobric, D. Lonsaric, I. Knezovic, M. Skerlev, Croatia
 
120  CHILDREN WITH FEVER WITHOUT APPARENT SOURCE AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DURING A DECADE
S.E. Bleeker*, J.B. Oostenbrink, K.W. Redekop, A.G. Derksen-Lubsen, H.A. Moll, The Netherlands
 
121  CLINICAL AND LABORATORY DATA IN OCCULT BACTEREMIA
A. Pantazi*, A. Tragianidis, H. Karanikolaou, A. Mihanikos, T. Almanidis, H. Kyriakopoulou, E. Triantafylidou,
Greece
 
122  ASPECTS OF ANEMIA IN HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN WITH ACUTE INFECTION
A. Pantazi*, A. Tragianidis, A. Mixanikos, Greece
 
123  TREATMENT OF STROKE IN RAT WITH ADULT BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS
M. Chopp*, Y. Li, J. Chen, L. Wang, USA
 
124  PERIODIC FEVER, APHTHOUS STOMATITIS, PHARYNGITIS AND CERVICAL ADENITIS- A CASE REPORT
P. Correia*, J.G. Marques, P. Valente, Portugal
 
125 IS INTERNET ASSISTANCE WITH ACUTE PAEDIATRIC DIAGNOSIS FEASIBLE?: A PILOT EVALUATION OF THE 'ISABEL' DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
P. Ramnarayan*, R.C. Tasker, A. Reeve, G. Wilson, S. Nadel, J. Britto, UK
 
126  ORBITAL CELLULITIS DUE TO CYSTICERCOSIS
A.R. Sandes*, A. Mouzinho, C. Conceio, Portugal
 
127  A NOVEL EFFICACIOUS TOPICAL TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS WITH ETHANOLIC LIPID AMPHOTHERICIN B
A. Zvulunov*, E. Cagnano, D. Vardy, S. Frankenburg, Israel
 
128  CONGENITAL SLEEPING SICKNESS 
M. Guardiano*, A.M. . Maia, P. Guerra, I. Azevedo, M. Santos, J.L.M. Atouguia, A.M. Aguiar, Portugal
 
129  PANCYTOPENIA DUE TO HEMOPHAGOCYTOSIS IN A COMBINED PLASMODIUM VIVAX PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTION
A. Zvulunov*, N. Gal, M. Elkan, H. Tamari, Israel
 
130  B LOOD CULTURES IN THE DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP OF FEBRILE CHILDREN - THE EXPERIENCE AT A GERMAN TEACHING HOSPITAL
J. Rueggeberg*, C. Mckenzie, R. Reinert, R. Von Kries, H. Schroten, UK
 

 

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