Subjects presenting with acute pharyngitis

Acute Pharyngitis

ISRA University

Pakistan Epidemiological Survey in Acute Pharyngitis

Suresh Kumar

Investigator

Isra University

Blood, throat swab, nasopharyngeal aspiration, and rectal swab will be obtained during acute illness and at convalescence (about 2 weeks after discharge). These specimens will be processed for viral isolation, bacterial culture and toxin detection, PCR, subtractive cloning, VIDISCA, gene chips, peptide library, cytokine/chemokine measurement, antibody detection for specific pathogens, etc. Questionnaire for contact history and clinical symptoms will be performed.

Kawasaki Disease

National Taiwan University Hospital

Etiology Study of Kawasaki Disease

Etiology Study of Kawasaki Disease--A Prospective Household and Case Control Study

The mean age of the 226 KD cases was 2.07 years, and the male to female ratio was 1.43 (133 boys to 93 girls). Their mean fever duration was 7.5 days with a mean peak temperature of 39.7°C. In addition to the typical symptoms of fever, neck lymphadenopathy, lip fissure and/or strawberry tongue, skin rash, nonpurulent bulbar conjunctivitis, palm/sole erythema, and induration followed by periungual desquamation, these KD cases also exhibited cough (69%), rhinorrhea (58%), and diarrhea (45%). Cases of KD had a significantly higher positive rate of viral isolation in comparison with the control group (7.5% vs. 2.2%, p = 0.02). Compared with the control group, cases of KD were more likely to have overall positive rates of viral PCR (50.4% vs. 16.4%, p < 0.001) and for various viruses including enterovirus (16.8% vs. 4.4%, p < 0.001), adenovirus (8.0% vs. 1.8%, p = 0.007), human rhinovirus (26.5% vs. 9.7%, p < 0.001), and coronavirus (7.1% vs. 0.9%, p = 0.003).

lymphadenopathy

diarreia

diarrhea

lymphadenopathy/diarreia

Pakistan Epidemiological Survey in Acute Pharyngitis

Etiology Study of Kawasaki Disease

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