Volume 3, Number 1, Year 2008


Editorial
Lewis P. Rubin
Automated colorimetric blood culture systems in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis


Review Articles
Athar Baig and Walid Abuhammour
Kawasaki disease


Pedro Moro and Peter M. Schantz
Echinococcosis: A brief review


Original Articles
Azra S. Hasan, Preena Uppal, Sugandha Arya, Malini R. Capoor, Deepthi Nair, Harish Chellani, Monorama Deb, and Pushpa Aggarwal
Comparison of BacT/Alert microbial detection system with conventional blood culture method in neonatal sepsis


Vicente Y. Belizario, Maria Lourdes E. Amarillo, Ruth M. Martinez, Alexander O. Mallari, and Cyndi Mae C. Tai
Efficacy and safety of 40 mg/kg and 60 mg/kg single doses of praziquantel in the treatment of schistosomiasis


Manisha Singh, Kashi N. Prasad, and Surinder K. Yachha
Elongated Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosa of children associated with gastric disease


Asma Al-Thani, Mamoun Elsheikh, Mohammed Janahi, Ajayeb Al-Marri, Huseyin Caksen, and Abdulbari Bener
Seasonality and epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in Qatar


Marcelo Jenné Mimica, Eitan Naaman Berezin, Rozane de Lima Bigelli Carvalho, Eliana Schneider, and Hélio Hehl Caiaffa-Filho
Evaluation of accuracy and cost of four different methods for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from pediatric patients hospitalized in Brazil


Case Reports
Bianca Panis, Hans Wagenvoort, Els de Brauwer, and Jeannette Dankert-Roelse
Increased incidence of invasive group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infections in children


Biobele J. Brown, Regina Oladokun, and Kikelomo Osinusi
Female genital mutilation and parent to child transmission of HIV: A case report of a possible double tragedy


Amit Agrawal, Akshay Pratap, Chandra S. Agrawal, and Satya N. Singh
A case of retroorbital subperiosteal hematoma and frontal extradural abscess


Madhumita Nandi, Rakesh Mondal, Supratim Datta, and Abhijit Chowdhury
Prolonged hepatitis due to hepatitis A virus infection in children


Santiago Campos, Pablo de la Cerda, and Alfonso Rivera
Fatal artesunate toxicity in a child


Volume 2 Reviewers