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Rare Diseases

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    U.S., international MIS-C studies yield disparate results

    June 18, 2021

    The two real-world observational studies were published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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    MIS-C follow-up proves challenging across pediatric hospitals

    March 8, 2021

    First came the challenge of figuring out the best treatment regimen for patients with MIS-C. Then physicians had to think about follow-up.

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    Higher cardiovascular risks in Kawasaki disease persist 10-plus years

    November 8, 2020

    Researchers evaluated the incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke, death, and more in a follow-up study of Kawasaki disease survivors, compared to unaffected children.

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    First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome

    June 24, 2020

    The unique clinical features in the U.S. case are urinary retention secondary to dysautonomia and ocular symptoms of diplopia.

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    Two rare neurologic conditions linked to COVID-19

    April 29, 2020

    Two variants of Guillain-Barré syndrome—Miller Fisher syndrome and polyneuritis cranialis—have been linked with COVID-19 infection.

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    First case of COVID-19 presenting as Guillain-Barré reported

    April 9, 2020

    A case report from China suggests a possible association between GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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    Zika virus: Birth defects rose fourfold in U.S. hardest-hit areas

    January 27, 2020

    U.S. jurisdictions without local transmission of the virus saw no increase in infants born with brain abnormalities and/or microcephaly or with eye abnormalities.

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    Hospital slashes S. aureus vancomycin resistance

    August 7, 2019

    LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Staphylococcus aureus resistance to vancomycin is not a one-way street ending in a cliff plunge.

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    CDC: Look for early symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis, report suspected cases

    July 9, 2019

    The average age of a patient diagnosed with AFM is 5 years

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    Fever, intestinal symptoms may delay diagnosis of Kawasaki disease in children

    October 31, 2018

    Consider Kawasaki disease in children who present with unexplained high fever and abdominal pain.

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