MRSA News

WASHINGTON — A MRSA PCR nasal swab showed promise as a tool for antimicrobial stewardship in a large study of pediatric critical care patients, according to findings presented here at IDWeek.

The risk for postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infection among children who undergo surgery remains high, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

NEW YORK — Staphylococcus aureus remains the leading cause of skin and soft tissue infections, or SSTIs, according to a pediatric infectious diseases expert.

Administering a beta-lactam antibiotic before vancomycin significantly reduced mortality rates among patients being treated for bloodstream infections, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Boston Children’s Hospital was named Tuesday as the best children’s hospital in the United States for the eighth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report, which expanded its annual list this year to include state and regional rankings.

An 8-month-old boy is brought to your clinic with a diaper rash. He had been seen a few days earlier in an urgent care clinic, where it was thought to be an infection with MRSA and treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or TMP-SMX.

The 33-year-old Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will be held virtually for the first time on Nov. 21 and 22.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will shift from an in-person to a virtual format for 2020, organizer Healio LIVE announced.

Practicing pediatricians have been using telehealth technology to communicate with patients who are not able to physically visit offices because of social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infectious Diseases in Children asked Editorial Board Member Eugene Shapiro, MD, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine, if patients should pay the same amount for a telehealth visit as they would for an in-person visit.

Boston Children’s Hospital, once again, has claimed the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings for Best Children’s Hospital.