Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Health officials on ‘high alert’ for AFM in 2020
• Are enteroviruses the predominant cause of AFM in the US?
• New biologic drugs for asthma: What PCPs need to know Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS
• 16-month-old female is admitted to PICU with concerns for sepsis James H. Brien, DO
• ‘Worthwhile to consider’: Does the world need a pentavalent flu vaccine?
• ‘Everyone’s issue’: More than 140K people died from measles in 2018
• Q&A: Autism guidelines include messages for clinicians about screening
• Q&A: Few child care centers require flu vaccination in kids, caregivers
• Apps show teaching potential for math, early academic skills
• Boys born small for gestational age at higher risk for infertility as adults
• Children with HIV show poorer neuropsychological performance
• Current guidelines may lead to untreated UTIs in children
• Enterovirus vaccine reduces severe HFMD cases by 60%
• Fresh red blood cells no better than older cells for transfusions in critically ill kids
• High opioid dosages increase overdose risk in young patients
• Just 41% of eligible kids get MMR vaccine before travel outside US
• Marijuana e-cigarette use significantly increases among students
• Melanoma rates decline among US adolescents, young adults
• Object-related choking deaths down significantly in US children since 1968
• Only 30% of youths with identified substance use tested for HCV
• Postnatal CMV associated with failed hearing screen, lower weight in VLBW infants
• Study calls attention to cost of air pollution-related conditions in kids
• Study identifies two distinct subgroups of SUIDs that differ by age
• New chemical formulation fights resistance in malaria bed nets
• Global report shows again that progress against malaria has slowed