Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Lax vaccination policies heighten risk for vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks
• CDC reports multistate Salmonella outbreaks linked to live, frozen poultry
• National health report: Preterm birth rate declines, teen depression rises
• Physician response to ban on nonmedical vaccine exemptions will define success
• Updates in bronchiolitis treatment based on 2014 AAP guidelines Anne E. Borgmeyer, DNP, RN, CPNP, AE-C
• Crossroads of care: Models of care and training for general pediatricians William T. Gerson, MD
• FDA approves Orkambi for treatment of cystic fibrosis
• FDA warns hypoglycemia drug may cause pulmonary hypertension in infants
• Antimicrobial use varies widely across pediatric hospitals
• Antipsychotics may be excessively, unnecessarily prescribed to adolescents
• B. pertussis resurgence may be due to asymptomatic, vaccinated carriers
• Bath salts not commonly used by teens in the US
• Children with early-onset vitiligo more likely to have extensive, progressive disease
• Consuming oily fish, PUFA may reduce rhinitis risk in children
• Controller medications may worsen effects of air pollution on lung function in children with asthma
• High fat mass in newborns increases risk for atopic dermatitis
• Medicaid-enhanced prenatal care program reduces infant mortality risk
• Mental illness hospitalizations more common among juvenile prisoners
• More than one-third of US youth experienced physical assault in last year
• Mortality risk greater in children with severe C. difficile, chronic conditions
• Most recreational water-based outbreaks caused by Cryptosporidium
• Only two states require HPV vaccination
• Physicians working sick despite health risk to patients
• Player-to-player contact causes more concussions than heading in soccer
• Poor adolescent health associated with limited education, employment
• Vaccines raise risk for adverse events in extremely low birth weight infants
• Perinatally infected HIV patient maintains remission 11 years after therapy
• Enlarging, annular rash on a 3-year-old girl Carrie C. Coughlin, MD; Marissa J. Perman, MD
• A neonate presents with fever, rash around the mouth James H. Brien, DO