Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Diseases in Children.
Table of Contents
- Straight talk needed on STI prevention
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- Respiratory viruses: ‘a quaking bog’
- AAP committee offers recommendations on prevention and control of flu for this season
- AAP updates UTI guidelines
- AAP updates varicella vaccine recommendations
- Black children more likely to be food sensitive than white children
- CDC: Give patients flu vaccine now
- CDC releases RSV data
- Children colonized with MRSA prone to full-blown infection
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- Children’s hospitals appear unprepared to handle pandemic
- Children’s low test scores may be related to bullying
- Children with asthma, colds less likely to respond to medications
- Children with asthma may benefit from vitamin C
- Collaboration reduced adverse drug events
- Diagnoses of autism higher than thought in siblings with ASD
- Infants in UK consuming too much salt
- Integrated social networks to help with emergency efforts
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- IOM: Vaccines do not cause autism
- Mycoplasma pneumonia common cause of prolonged coughing illness in children
- Panel backs continued influenza surveillance
- Parental smoking contributes to ear problems in children
- PIDS/IDSA releases clinical practice guidelines on CAP in children
- Preterm birth potential risk factor for asthma
- Providing more information on pain management beneficial in neonatal ICUs
- Respiratory, asthma control questionnaire shows meaningful changes in clinical symptoms in children
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- Rotavirus vaccine reduces hospitalizations, treatment costs associated with diarrhea
- Targeted STI intervention strategies urged for youth with HIV
- The wars of the world: Saving lives through vaccination
- Added serotypes in PHiD-CV led to further reductions in IPD incidence
- Herd protection may be playing an important role in reducing outbreaks
- Inappropriate antibiotic use continues in children’s hospitals
- New drug in pipeline may help fight multidrug resistant-Staphylococcus aureus
- Prebiotic/probiotic supplements may not reduce AOM in infants and toddlers
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- Preliminary risk factors identified for human metapneumovirus
- Pharmacotherapy update of head lice
- A 10-year-old boy with a red ring on his shoulder
- A 9-year-old male with a limp and a rash