Respiratory Infections News

Assessing children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia for certain objective measures of clinical stability could help shorten their stays, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Many studies have shown that shorter courses of antibiotic therapy are just as effective as longer ones for certain infections, including those that impact children. The idea is commonly referred to using the mantra “shorter is better.”

Researchers found no association between a positive COVID-19 test and the development of asthma in children, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Among pediatric patients hospitalized with bronchiolitis, use of weight-based non-ICU vs. ICU-only high-flow nasal cannula protocols was linked to lower yearly ICU admission rates, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Use of the 2015 Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference, or PALICC, criteria for diagnosing pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome mostly resulted in agreement between two physicians, according to results published in CHEST.

The FDA this week approved the antibiotic Zevtera for the treatment of three bacterial infections 17 years after it was first submitted to the agency.

A GSK respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate was effective but trials saw a higher incidence in preterm birth, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Moderna announced positive interim results from a phase 3 trial of its next-generation COVID-19 vaccine, which the company said will help pave the way for its combination shot against COVID-19 and influenza.

The role of serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2 has evolved during the pandemic, leading the Infectious Diseases Society of America to update its guidance.

Although the United States has one of the lowest tuberculosis incidence rates in the world, TB cases increased in the U.S. in 2023 among nearly all demographics, data from an MMWR report showed.