Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Pediatric MRSA faces antibiotic resistance
• CHIP funding renewed for 6 years
• Experts, AAFP, ACP criticize Trump’s ‘Small Business Health Plan’ proposal
• Flu widespread in US; no antiviral resistance reported
• One in five US mothers placing infants in unsafe sleep position
• Sexual intercourse among high school students decreases
• WHO prequalifies first typhoid conjugate vaccine
• Zika caused more birth defects in US than expected
• Six reasons we lack an S. aureus vaccine
• Hurricanes Irma, Maria pose threat of infectious diseases in US
• Adolescents engaging in online tobacco marketing more likely to use tobacco
• Breathing can transmit flu, study finds
• Budesonide for preterm infants unrelated to neurodevelopmental disability
• Cesareans increase risk for offspring complications, decrease risk for maternal complications
• Despite progress made in polio eradication, initiative phaseout poses threat to at-risk countries
• Financial incentives for breast-feeding slightly increase prevalence
• Medicaid payment bump raised amount of available pediatric appointments
• Microcephaly underreported by about 90% before Zika epidemic in Brazil
• Minority preterm infants born more frequently in hospitals with high morbidity, mortality rates
• Obesity in children with psoriasis contributes to comorbidities
• Pediatric eye injuries related to nonpowder guns increase nearly 170%
• Positive LAM results predict mortality in children with HIV
• Preschool children with obesity, asthma benefit from inhaled corticosteroids
• Preterm birth, poverty independently associated with cognitive assessment deficits
• Rhinovirus affects bacterial infection risk as infants age
• Routine HIV screening at age 25 improves clinical outcomes
• School-based telemedicine program decreases severity of asthma
• Teenage cannabis, cigarette use may heighten risk for later psychosis
• Viral suppression in HIV–positive teens, young women in Africa far below UNAIDS target
• Severe influenza greater burden in LMICs than in wealthier countries
• A 6-year-old male with rash on the legs Marissa J. Perman, MD; Aditi Murthy, MD
• 10-year-old female presents with severe respiratory distress James H. Brien, DO; Theresa Madigan, MD