Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Diseases in Children.
Table of Contents
- Head lice: Misinformation, resistance in the pediatrician’s office
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- Inclusion of rapid test results leaves gaps in CDC foodborne illness data
- Parental concerns over MiraLAX laxative continue to spur closer review
- READI Act offers incentives for new antibiotics, rapid diagnostics
- Encountering drug-resistant head lice in the pediatric office
- Behind the label: ADHD over 30 years
- Black schoolchildren at higher risk for ambulance-treated asthma attacks
- Black teens with mental illnesses at increased risk for HIV, STIs
- Developmental, behavioral issues more common among rural children
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- Hydrocortisone use unrelated to neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants
- Incidence of perinatal HIV infections remain 1.75 times higher than CDC goal
- Inner-city residence linked to pediatric asthma morbidity, not prevalence
- Maternal Tdap vaccine reduced infant pertussis risk by 91% in first 2 months
- Mite-proof bedding may reduce asthma exacerbation in sensitized children
- More than 50% of patients with tree nut-allergy passed an oral food challenge
- Nosocomial Ebola transmission rate among children ‘lower than feared’
- Nursery product-related injuries continue to rise in young children
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- Parental perceptions about influenza vaccine inhibit uptake
- Pest management no more effective than education for reducing pediatric mouse allergen-related asthma
- Rapid active sampling quick, effective in measuring norovirus in rural Guatemala
- Reserved antibiotic use differs greatly among children's hospitals
- Supervised self-injected epinephrine tutorials improved food-allergic patient, parent comfort levels
- Vaccination reduced risk of pediatric influenza-related death by 65%
- Addressing a pediatric health epidemic: Implications of the opioid crisis Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS
- 2-month-old girl with chorioretinitis presents with small for gestational age, small head circumference James H. Brien, DO
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