High incidences of myocarditis and acute kidney injury were observed, which indicates that the children were treated at a late stage of the disease. Clinicians should be cognizant that myocarditis and acute kidney injury are serious manifestations of pediatric scrub typhus.

We propose that the oxidative stress response induced by the dengue virus may trigger the inflammatory cytokine responses in dengue severity and thereby contributes to the pathogenesis of the disease; however the interplay between the oxidative response and inflammatory activity in disease virulence needs further study.

Prophylactic probiotics administration resulted in reduction of the incidence of VAP in critically ill children in a setting where baseline VAP rates are high. The intervention was found to be safe.

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C-Tropopnin assay is useful in evaluating the severity of myocardial damage and outcome in perinatal asphyxia.