Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Potential Clinical and Biological Effects of Viral and Bacterial Co-infections in Otherwise Healthy Children in Pediatric Department
Brief Summary:
Co-occurence of multiple pathogens in children is a known phenomenon, however the potential effect on the probability to develop a disease and on its severity, as well as the relationships between them, has not been studied adequately.
In this study, children admitted to the pediatric department with a clinical presentation of an infectious disease were tested for the presence of multiple pathogens. Data about their clinical status and about the accessory examinations performed during hospitalization were collected and analyzed.