Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Treatment shortages, transmission fears rage on in Ebola outbreak
• CDC: Enterovirus D68 continues to spread across US
• HHS grants aim to improve mental health services among youth
• Nearly half of children who died of influenza had no prior medical conditions
• Teens experience both physical and emotional post concussion symptoms
• IDSA calls on Congress to intensify fight against antimicrobial resistance
• Meningococcal disease: An update on meningococcal B vaccination Steven B. Black, MD
• Slow and steady wins the (medical school) race William T. Gerson, MD
• AAP: Insufficient sleep among adolescents a public health issue
• Antimicrobials prescribed excessively to treat acute respiratory tract infections
• Bullied children more likely to develop parasomnias
• CDC publishes ACIP recommendations for 2014-2015 seasonal influenza vaccines
• CDC: Children’s sodium intake higher than recommended
• CDC: E-cigarette use tripled among adolescents since 2011
• CDC: Varicella surveillance requires improvement in US
• Exercise before school day may reduce ADHD symptom severity
• Family dinners could protect adolescents from cyberbullying
• Genetic, structural defects triggered epileptic seizures after vaccination
• Health care-associated infections decreased in pediatric, neonatal ICUs
• HPV4 vaccine safe, effective 8 years post-vaccination
• LAIV well tolerated among children with cystic fibrosis
• Lung ultrasound outperformed chest X-ray in predicting intubation
• Many children with health conditions lack school management plans
• Order of vaccine administration could influence patient compliance with HPV4 vaccine
• Patient barriers, not provider knowledge, limit uptake of maternal influenza vaccine
• Rate of prescribed antibiotics increased, remains stable
• Sibling bullying increased risk for depression, self-harm in young adults
• Sleep position may influence preterm infants’ risk for SIDS
• Tdap cocooning against pertussis effective in Australian cohort
• Clinical outcomes did not differ between children with, without C. difficile
• Coinfection less likely among children with pneumonia serotypes
• Nasopharyngeal cultures had low predicative value for epidemiology of AOM
• Respiratory viral panel did not affect antibiotic duration, length of hospital stay
• Sulfonamides most frequently prescribed to children prior to onset of C. difficile infection
• Survey assessed worldwide hospital antimicrobial prescription rates
• Teenage male with ‘swelling’ on the fingers Carrie C. Coughlin, MD; Marissa J. Perman, MD
• Preteen presents with erythema of her right foot James H. Brien, DO