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Review

Published on 31 Jul 2025

BCG vaccination: historical role, modern applications, and future perspectives in tuberculosis and beyond

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Anna Starshinova
Igor Kudryavtsev
Artem Rubinstein
Irina Dovgalyuk
Anastasia Kulpina
Leonid P. Churilov
Dmitry Kudlay

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1603732

4,983 views
1 citation

Case Report

Published on 22 Jul 2025

Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 13-year-old male with infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: a case report and literature review

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Anas K. Assi
Habeeb H. Awwad
Riman A. Sultan
Zaina A. Khaled
Sara N. Fatoum
Abdalwahab Kharousha
Hadi Dababseh
Rabee Adwan

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1625229

2,161 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jul 2025

The clinical value of immune cell composition in the diagnosis of pediatric sepsis

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Jie Shen
Qing Zhong
Jing Su
Xuan Shen
Wenya Li
Tianyu Sun
Yaoyun Zhang
Jijin Qi

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1599694

1,695 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jul 2025

Analysis of clinical characteristics and risk factors of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in children

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Jin-Yue Huang
Ning Wang
Jing-Yao Wang
Hua-Chu Zuo
Juan Li
Yu Zhao

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1571199

1,718 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Jul 2025

Clinical characteristics of fatal cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in children

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Xue Zhang
Ruiyang Sun
Jiapu Hou
Wanyu Jia
Peng Li
Shengli Shi
Chunlan Song
Yibing Cheng

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1522164

5,155 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 16 Jul 2025

Prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection in urban children aged 6–13 years in Fuzhou, China: a cross-sectional study in a high gastric cancer incidence region

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Youtao Chen
Xiaoting Pan
Yanyan Wang
Longzhen Lin
Xiaoyan Chen
Yan Chen
Hong Ye

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1457195

3,554 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 15 Jul 2025

D-dimer serves as predictor of plastic bronchitis or necrotizing pneumonia in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Yanke Yue
Tiantian Lian
Lei Kang
Shuai Liu
Wenjin Geng
Meixian Xu

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1604253

1,876 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 07 Jul 2025

Molluscum contagiosum with atopic dermatitis: a clinical retrospective study of 2,278 children

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Tingying Li
Nan Gao
Zilu Zeng
Guili Fu

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1543309

2,524 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Jul 2025

The clinical manifestation and diagnostic features of Kawasaki-like phenotypes in pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome: a comparative retrospective study in Ukraine

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Nataliia Bodnarchuk-Sokhatska
Halyna Pavlyshyn
Kateryna Kozak
Iryna Avramenko

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1593190

2,181 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 27 Jun 2025

Congenital toxoplasmosis: an observational retrospective study in the Eastern Sicily

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Maria Teresa Garozzo
Rosaria Garozzo
Pasqua Betta
Salvatore Cilauro
Alessandro Saporito
Pietro D'Amico
Gabriella Tina
Angela Motta
Alfredo Pulvirenti
Salvatore Alaimo

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1597001

2,043 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 27 Jun 2025

Respiratory pathogens detected in children aged <5 years hospitalized with severe respiratory illness, South Africa, 2017

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Malefu Moleleki
Cayla Reddy
Kedibone Ndlangisa
Mignon du Plessis
Orienka Hellferscee
Omphe Mekgoe
Sibongile Walaza
Stefano Tempia
Cheryl Cohen
Anne von Gottberg

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1498197

2,252 views
1 citation

Case Report

Published on 23 Jun 2025

Case Report: Refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia complicated by pulmonary embolism and infarction in a child

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Jianqin Zhang
Zhe Zhang
Ziwei Zhu
Li Cheng
Yuxia Shan

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1608233

2,746 views

Case Report

Published on 12 Jun 2025

Recurrent Kawasaki disease with polyserositis and pulmonary lesions in a 5-year-old boy: a case report

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Jiahui Weng
Yang Wen
Yiyuan Li

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1577361

1,729 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 06 Jun 2025

Cytomegalovirus infection in infants with biliary atresia in China: a multi-center investigation study

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Yilin Zhao
Xiaodan Xu
Yu Meng
Chonggao Zhou
Baijun Zheng
Xianwei Zhang
Bin Wang
Xufei Duan
Yuanmei Liu
Jiexiong Feng

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1577113

2,959 views

Case Report

Published on 05 Jun 2025

Case Report: Two episodes of hyperinflammation in an infant consistent with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: recurrence or rather two different diseases?

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Markus-Johann Dechant
Holger Michel
Michael Kabesch
Michael Melter
Stephan Gerling

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1559244

1,888 views

Original Research

Published on 30 May 2025

Clinical relevance of bacterial and/or viral coinfection in acute bronchiolitis in an Italian neonatal unit during the 2021–2023 seasons

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Venere Cortazzo
Marilena Agosta
Domenico Umberto De Rose
Valeria Fox
Velia Chiara Di Maio
Gianluca Vrenna
Martina Rossitto
Barbara Lucignano
Stefania Ranno
Annamaria Sisto

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1577913

1,861 views

Original Research

Published on 22 May 2025

Comparison of COVID−19-associated inpatient burden by variant period in hospitalized children age <5 years in the United States

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Kathleen M. Andersen
Maria D. McColgan
Alejandro Cane
Mary M. Moran
Maya Reimbaeva
Santiago M. C. Lopez

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1573933

3,652 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 21 May 2025

Improving the quality of care of respiratory syncytial virus in the neonatal and pediatric populations globally

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Fungwe Jah
Asuncion Mejias
Tendai Nzirawa
Rita C. Silveira
Angelika Berger
Laura Travan
Daisuke Kinoshita
Shareena Ishak
Tolga Çelik
Faisal Al-dandan

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1590842

3,160 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 14 May 2025

Skin and systemic infections in children with atopic dermatitis: review of the current evidence

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Rodrigo Lomelí-Valdez
Luz Orozco-Covarrubias
Marimar Sáez-de-Ocariz

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1513969

4,659 views

Case Report

Published on 09 May 2025

Case Report: Pediatric respiratory viral infection failure: a case series of eight fatalities in children under 5 years old in Iran

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Mahnaz Ramzali
Saeed Samadizadeh
Mohsen Ebrahimi
Leila Barati
Britt Nakstad
Alireza Tahamtan

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1396142

2,531 views

Case Report

Published on 09 May 2025

Case Report: Virus-induced rhabdomyolysis ranging from mild course to acute renal injury, hyperferritinemia and poor outcome: a case series of four pediatric patients

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Carlijn W. van der Zee
Giske Biesbroek
Michiel J. S. Oosterveld
Bart G. P. Koot
Nikki J. Schoenmaker
Taco W. Kuijpers

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1552232

2,553 views

Original Research

Published on 09 May 2025

Prognosis of different types of acute infection in the first episode of childhood acute leukemia

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Shasha Li
Shanshan Li
Yi Chen
Shuyuan Jia
Kexin Luan
Feng Cui

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1589770

1,737 views

Systematic Review

Published on 01 May 2025

Phytotherapy for acute respiratory tract infections in children: a systematically conducted, comprehensive review

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Wolfgang Kamin
Georg Seifert
Karl Zwiauer
Jan Bonhoeffer
Veerle De Ketelaere
Antonio D'Avino
Jakub Štádler
Juan Carlos Bustamante-Ogando
Ateş Kara

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1423250

6,392 views
4 citations

Review

Published on 22 Apr 2025

Current methods in the diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease

in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Ergin Ciftci
Duygu Ocal
Ayper Somer
Hasan Tezer
Dilek Yilmaz
Sirac Bozkurt
Oldac Uras Dursun
Şeyhmus Merter
Ener Cagri Dinleyici

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2025.1511086

6,229 views
5 citations

653 articles

articles

BCG vaccination: historical role, modern applications, and future perspectives in tuberculosis and beyond

Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 13-year-old male with infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: a case report and literature review

The clinical value of immune cell composition in the diagnosis of pediatric sepsis

Analysis of clinical characteristics and risk factors of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in children

Clinical characteristics of fatal cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in children

Prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection in urban children aged 6–13 years in Fuzhou, China: a cross-sectional study in a high gastric cancer incidence region

D-dimer serves as predictor of plastic bronchitis or necrotizing pneumonia in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Molluscum contagiosum with atopic dermatitis: a clinical retrospective study of 2,278 children

The clinical manifestation and diagnostic features of Kawasaki-like phenotypes in pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome: a comparative retrospective study in Ukraine

Congenital toxoplasmosis: an observational retrospective study in the Eastern Sicily

Respiratory pathogens detected in children aged <5 years hospitalized with severe respiratory illness, South Africa, 2017

Case Report: Refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia complicated by pulmonary embolism and infarction in a child

Recurrent Kawasaki disease with polyserositis and pulmonary lesions in a 5-year-old boy: a case report

Cytomegalovirus infection in infants with biliary atresia in China: a multi-center investigation study

Case Report: Two episodes of hyperinflammation in an infant consistent with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: recurrence or rather two different diseases?

Clinical relevance of bacterial and/or viral coinfection in acute bronchiolitis in an Italian neonatal unit during the 2021–2023 seasons

Comparison of COVID−19-associated inpatient burden by variant period in hospitalized children age <5 years in the United States

Improving the quality of care of respiratory syncytial virus in the neonatal and pediatric populations globally

Skin and systemic infections in children with atopic dermatitis: review of the current evidence

Case Report: Pediatric respiratory viral infection failure: a case series of eight fatalities in children under 5 years old in Iran

Case Report: Virus-induced rhabdomyolysis ranging from mild course to acute renal injury, hyperferritinemia and poor outcome: a case series of four pediatric patients

Prognosis of different types of acute infection in the first episode of childhood acute leukemia

Phytotherapy for acute respiratory tract infections in children: a systematically conducted, comprehensive review

Current methods in the diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease