Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ‘Everyone has a role to play’ in addressing the STD crisis
• 25% of children with celiac disease lost to follow-up
• 70% of infants given antibiotics for bronchiolitis had no bacterial coinfection
• High opioid prescription rates tied to gastroschisis
• Multiple-victim school-associated homicides on the rise
• Repeated IIV may increase protection
• Viral, bacterial diagnostics bolster antimicrobial stewardship
• WHO: Refugees, migrants pose low infectious disease risk
• WHO, UNICEF: ‘Far from our goal of reducing newborn deaths’
• XDR typhoid infections in 5 US children tied to Pakistan outbreak
• Which STDs are in greatest need of a vaccine?
• Which STDs most require a vaccine?
• 1 in 5 kids with flu had neurological symptoms during 2016-2017 season
• AAP, ACIP’s previous FluMist recommendations supported by 2013-2016 data
• Benefits of FENO-guided asthma management passes from mother to child
• Chemicals used in personal care products linked to early puberty in girls
• Children often receive inappropriate antibiotics in nonpediatric EDs
• Contaminated tea dispenser causes MBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreak
• Flavored levofloxacin more easily accepted by kids with MDR-TB
• Flavored tobacco use among US youth rebounds after brief dip
• New saliva-based test identifies malaria parasites
• Opioid-related deaths increase nearly 300% in kids, teens
• Pediatric corticosteroid use increases with poor asthma control documentation
• Rate of late-onset GBS in infants surpasses early-onset cases
• Rotavirus vaccination protects against type 1 diabetes in kids
• Severe flu in pregnant women linked to adverse infant outcomes
• Study finds conversion from IV to oral antibiotics should be prioritized
• Viral pathogen presence changes during course of acute sinusitis symptoms
• 12-year-old healthy female athlete presents with mole on heel Marissa J. Perman, MD; Colleen H. Cotton, MD
• 16-year-old male athlete presents with skin sores on lower extremities James H. Brien, DO