Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Epinephrine cost, education remain crucial obstacles in school health
• California health officials battle state’s largest hepatitis A outbreak in 2 decades
• Fleas from two Arizona counties test positive for plague
• One-fourth of parents, patients deem teen vaccination nonessential
• UNICEF, WHO vaccinate over 355,000 children against polio in Syria
• Yemen cholera outbreak hits 500,000 cases
• MRSA over 3 decades: A pathogen with ‘devastating complications’
• AAP: Early education, quality child care of ‘strategic priority’
• AAP: Education critical to distinguish pediatric food allergies from other conditions
• Despite overall decline in otitis media, risk factors unchanged
• Gaps persist in global yellow fever vaccination coverage
• Hearing loss rates in teens unaffected by increased noise exposure
• Less than half of children immediately receive epinephrine for anaphylaxis
• Majority of children at low risk for penicillin allergy are not allergic
• Minor vaccine hesitancy creates three-fold increase in measles outbreaks
• Nearly 40% of HIV-positive children in Zimbabwe remain undiagnosed
• Rotavirus vaccination saves over $1 billion in US health care costs
• Emergency contraception decoded: Discussing cost, efficacy and access Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS
• Previously healthy 2-year-old presents with sore throat, limp Irina Remsburg, MD; Riva Kamat, MD; David Ascher, MD; Richard H. Schwartz, MD