Bacterial Infections News

Mass antibiotic administration to children in sub-Saharan Africa reduced mortality rates, but there was little benefit when dosing was limited to infants aged 1 to 11 months, as recommended by WHO, according to results from the AVENIR trial.

There was a combined 20% increase in six antimicrobial-resistant hospital infections in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of clinical cases of Candida auris increased fivefold, according to the CDC.

We checked in with CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, for an update on the agency’s efforts to modernize the nation’s disease surveillance and data systems and improve how the CDC communicates with the public and physicians.

Findings from a literature review published in Pediatrics provided more evidence that antimicrobial stewardship reduces antimicrobial use in NICUs without an increase in adverse events.

Cases of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, or CRE, were not as common in U.S. children as cases of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales, or ESBL-E, according to a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States, and although cases have steadily increased — and are estimated to be significantly undercounted — there is no vaccine to prevent it.

A county in Kentucky has declared a pertussis outbreak following the confirmation of nine cases since late April, including three this past Monday.

An 8-year-old girl was seen for right-sided neck pain and an underlying lymph node measuring 2.5 cm with surrounding inflammatory swelling. What's your diagnosis?

Except for procalcitonin, blood biomarkers perform worse when young infants have very short fevers, decreasing the accuracy of common clinical decision rules, including those endorsed by the AAP, researchers reported in Pediatrics.