Bacterial Infections News

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.

As typhoid fever becomes increasingly resistant to antibiotics, a study published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that a conjugate vaccine for the disease proved effective for Malawi’s younger population.

Soleil Moon Frye, who recently reprised the character of Punky Brewster in a revival of the 1980s TV show, is part of a new campaign that encourages parents to speak with pediatricians about the importance of meningococcal B vaccination.

A study that assessed more than 22 million outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the United States found that more than half were not associated with a clinician visit or an infection-related diagnosis, researchers reported.

A previously healthy 2-year-old girl presented with a 1-day history of high fever of 103°F at home, followed by some episodes of diarrhea. In less than 24 hours, she was found to be unresponsive and was taken by ambulance to the local ED.