The possibility of mother-to-fetus transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the cause of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), is currently a highly debated concept in perinatal medicine. 1 It has …

In a prospective 5-year study of children with acute encephalitis, evidence of Mycoplasma
pneumoniae infection was demonstrated in 50 (31%) of 159 children. In 11 (6.9%) of these …

Background The overall global impact of COVID-19 in children and regional variability in
pediatric outcomes are presently unknown. Methods To evaluate the magnitude of global …

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a disabling, polio-like illness mainly affecting children.
Outbreaks of AFM have occurred across multiple global regions since 2012, and the disease …

OBJECTIVES: The pathogens that cause bacterial meningitis in infants and their antimicrobial
susceptibilities may have changed in this era of increasing antimicrobial resistance, use of …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to review the experience with herpes simplex
encephalitis at the Hospital for Sick Children over the past 12 years. METHODS. All patients …

Objectives: Prevention of vertical HIV transmission has evolved significantly in Canada over
the last two decades. The aim of this analysis is to describe the surveillance programme …

Many neurologic manifestations of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection have been
documented, including encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, transverse myelitis, and Guillain-Barré …

We report a case of measles inclusion-body encephalitis (MIBE) occurring in an apparently
healthy 21-month-old boy 8.5 months after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination. He had no …

The standard treatment of human visceral leishmaniasis involves the use of pentavalent
antimony (SbV) compounds. In recent years increasing numbers of clinical failures of treatment …