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The increasing prevalence and severity of allergic disorders in the last decade with a significant impact on the society not only because of a number of limitations of suffering individuals but also because of economical consequences cannot be explained only by a genetic disposition. It is assumed that changes of environment and life style during recent years including changes in dietary habits lead to sensibilisation and evolution of constitutional disease in children. Preventive measures that involve also an adjustment of dietary habits in children with a family history of constitutional disorders (hypoantigenic, hypoallergenic diet) may significantly...
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Authors of the review focus on diagnostic and therapeutical aspects of fever and febrile seizures in neonates and infants according to the evidence-based medicine principles (EBM).
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In an overview article, introductory remarks on historical development of the term psychosis in paedopsychiatry were given. Schizophrenia in childhood and adolescence is more rare than in adult population – only 4 % of schizofrenic disorders begins before the 15th year of age. Various expresions of schizophrenic psychopatology depending on age as well as on developmental stage reached were described. Differencial diagnostics involves somatic and psychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder, non-psychotic behavioral disorders, pervasive developmental disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder). Atypical neuroleptics become more and more used treatment...
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Infectious mononucleosis has been known since the 19th century. 2 684 cases were reported in the year 2004 in the Czech Republic. The most important etiologic agent is Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), infectious mononusleosis syndrome can also be caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV). In clinical picture fever, pseudomembranous tonsillitis, lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly are the typical signs. Airway obstruction is the most frequent complication but hematological, neurological, cardiac complications and splenic rupture can occur too. Duncan´s syndrome is severe complication. Lymphocytosis in the blood count and hepatopathy are typical findings for infectious...
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PCR (polymerase chain reaction) diagnostics is an ideal tool to be used by physicians at departments of infectious diseases, pediatric departments, intensive care units and critical care units of departments of anaesthesiology, resuscitation and intensive care. In National Reference Laboratory for Meningococcal Infections the PCR method has been introduced to detect Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae. The method adds to the non-cultivation methods (direct microscopy, latex agglutination) used in serious infectious diseases diagnostics to date. It makes it possible to directly identify low-concentration pathogens...
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