Pediatric ID News

American Indian and Alaska Native children endure high rates of respiratory syncytial virus infection, a study published in Pediatrics found.

Takeda’s dengue vaccine candidate is no longer under review for approval in the United States.

Children with mitochondrial disorders have altered B cell function, which weakens their immune response to viral infections, according to study results published in Frontiers in Immunology.

The introduction of eight WHO-recommended vaccines into national immunization schedules slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported in MMWR.

The risk for bacteremia was low — just over 1% — among children and young adults with sickle cell disease who presented at the emergency department with a fever, according to the results of a large study published in JAMA Network Open.

A shorter course of antibiotics may be enough to treat some pediatric UTIs, a study found, although experts encouraged physicians to speak to parents about a potentially increased risk for treatment failure from a shorter course.

ORLANDO — Staff at a children’s hospital in Virginia collaborated to go almost a year without a central line-associated bloodstream infection, researchers reported.

ORLANDO — A children’s hospital used decolonization protocols to drive down rates of MRSA in three intensive care units by more than 40%, according to data reported at a medical conference.

CDC advisors on Thursday unanimously supported the addition of Pfizer’s 20-valent pneumococcal vaccine as an option for children in the United States.

A Texas health system moderately increased adherence to syphilis testing among pregnant people by implementing a tool that interrupted the completion of a chart if a test was not ordered, according to findings presented at ASM Microbe.