Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Diseases in Children.

Table of Contents

• Influenza vaccine ‘desperately’ needs improvement
• ID experts anxious, uncertain about Trump presidency
• Obama signs 21st Century Cures Act
• ACIP recommends against using LAIV in US
• FDA bans powdered surgeon's gloves
• Narrowing the diagnostic gap: Autism over 30 years
• AAP urges institutional policies for disclosing adverse events to patients
• ADHD diagnosis among preschoolers stabilizes after publication of AAP guidelines
• CDC reports influenza vaccine coverage too low
• Confusing food labels pose risk to consumers with food allergies
• French GPs show vaccine hesitancy, discrepancy in recommendations
• Hexaxim exhibited comparable safety, immunogenicity to Infanrix Hexa in infants
• Mouse allergen in inner-city schools linked to asthma morbidity among children
• PROMISE: Triple-drug antenatal ART efficacious; increases adverse postpartum outcomes
• Study reveals low handwashing rates in child care
• Debating the benefits and risks of vaccination against meningococcal disease
• Enhanced diagnostic methods, treatment imperative for TB elimination
• Implementation policies crucial to get global vaccination ‘back on track’
• Target lesions, symptoms not always indicative of Lyme disease
• Nasal congestion, painful swelling over forehead in 10-year-old boy Carlos Martinez, MD; James H. Brien, DO; Michael W. Cater, MD, FAAP