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For the journal "Acta Paediatrica"
 2 articles found

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For the journal "Acta Paediatrica"
 2 articles found

 Travellers Diarrhea
Clinical impact of biofire gastrointestinal panel testing for hospitalised children with acute gastroenteritis

Published on 15/10/2024 |  Original article (Abstract)  | Aviv Sever et al. | Acta Paediatrica 2023; 112(3): 505-9 3 min.

BioFire FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel (FGP) identified diarrhoeal pathogen/s in significantly more diarrhoeal episodes, 56/140 (40%) diarrhoeal episodes versus other conventional methods, which identified 24/140 (17%) diarrhoeal episodes. The clinical impact of the FGP analysis was observed in 17/140...

 Diphtheria
Primary diphtheria immunisation of adolescents and adults with low‐dose vaccine, a survey of historic evidence from the literature

Published on 13/06/2023 |  Original article (Abstract)  | Fredrik Kahn et al. | Acta Paediatrica 2023; 112(2): 242-5 3 min.

Diphtheria‐like diseases have been described throughout history, but diphthérite was not used until 1826. The aetiological bacterial agent Corynebacterium diphtheriae was identified in 1884 and it became clear that serious clinical symptoms were caused by an exotoxin produced by...