Bacterial Infections News

A new AAP report describing seven alternative birth practices and the risk for infection in exposed newborns was compiled to help educate providers who may be asked to counsel expectant or new parents, the AAP said.

Antibiotic-resistant infections, on the rise globally, killed more than 1.2 million people in 2019, according to a new estimate published recently in The Lancet.

In 2014, the CDC established The Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship to help hospitals improve their prescribing practices. Over the next 2 years, it also published guidance for nursing homes and the outpatient setting.

While visiting a neighbor’s home, a previously healthy 5-year-old boy was bitten on the right side of his face by an unleashed dog inside his neighbor’s home.

A 12-year-old boy presents to his primary care provider with a painful lesion on the medial aspect of his right proximal thumb.

Daré Bioscience announced the FDA approval of Xaciato, a vaginal gel, for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis in females aged 12 years or older.

NEW YORK — Staphylococcus aureus remains the leading cause of skin and soft tissue infections, or SSTIs, according to a pediatric infectious diseases expert.

In this video, David W. Kimberlin, MD, the program director of the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, discusses important changes in the AAP’s 2021 Red Book.

A lower dose of oral amoxicillin was noninferior to a higher dose in children with community-acquired pneumonia who were discharged from an ED or hospital ward, according to results of a 2x2 factorial, randomized clinical trial in JAMA.

A previously healthy and fully immunized 5-year-old male was seen in an urgent care clinic for an evaluation of a fever of 102.4°F and painful swelling behind his right ear.