Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Diseases in Children.
Table of Contents
- Bundles battling infections in hospitals
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- Major respiratory viruses of childhood: Illness and prevention
- Children exposed to HIV at high risk for language impairment
- Clinical prediction tool useful for identifying patients at low risk for Lyme meningitis
- Criteria for hospital admission of febrile infants may need re-examination
- Despite oversight, palivizumab improperly prescribed
- Gestational diabetes linked to heightened risk for ADHD
- Glucocorticosteroid use during pregnancy may have metabolic implications in offspring
- Human rotavirus vaccine immunogenic, well tolerated for preterm infants
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- Investigational vaccine shows promise
- Most teens still not tested for HIV
- New vaccine protected adolescents against meningococcal B
- PCR plays key role in diagnosing meningitis
- Pneumococcal bacteremia reduced with vaccination, penicillin prophylaxis in sickle cell pediatric patients
- Polio no longer endemic in India
- Targeted use of Tdap in adolescents reduced pertussis incidence, increased coverage needed
- Two new HIV drugs now available for pediatric patients
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- Health care and poverty: A long distance traveled, yet still so far to go
- Acetaminophen and asthma: A review of evidence in the literature
- Adolescent with papules, waxy hyperkeratosis on palms and soles
- An 18-month-old female presents with fever, erythema, swelling around umbilicus