Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Perspectives on the pandemic: Lessons learned
• A 16-month-old with cold symptoms
• ‘Conflict of interest’ outdated phrase for physician-industry relationship
• Foundation begins 2010 with Haiti relief, ‘Decade of vaccines’
• Gates Foundation: Building bridges between laboratory innovation and public health intervention
• IDSA updates guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infection
• New vaccine approved to prevent meningococcal disease
• Radiotherapy increased CV, overall mortality in childhood cancer survivors
• Short-course therapy may be as effective as long-course therapy for patients with Lyme disease
• What are some of the most important contributions the Gates Foundation has made to public health?
• Benefits outweighed risks linked to screening for metabolic disorder
• Fingers accounted for most pediatric amputations
• ‘Guardian angel gene’ key to avoiding premature births
• Increased vitamin D levels linked to reduced relapse risk for children with MS
• Intelligence in infants influenced more by environment than DHA intake
• More emotional support needed from schools for ADHD, behavioral issues
• New strains of B. pertussis may complicate vaccination efforts
• Rapid diagnostic tests suboptimal for influenza A (H1N1) detection
• Vaccine development industry continues to grow
• Additional data needed on saline for nasal use
• Strategies for handling the erythromycin ophthalmic ointment shortage
• Newborn male with alopecia
• 19-year-old male with painful skin lesions