Experts discuss the various imaging modalities for children who require diagnostic workup beyond urine culture, as well as the consequences of overusing antibiotics and antibiotic route of administration.
With increasing numbers of countries implementing the use of the rotavirus vaccine, rotavirus and acute gastroenteritis hospitalizations and mortalities continue to show a sustained reduction.
Dolutegravir (DTG)-based regimen may lead to significant improvement in blood lipid concentration, and no interference on glucose metabolism, but a relevant increase in trunk fat without alterations of body mass index (BMI) and body fat percent among youth with HIV. The results of this research were presented at the virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic…
Nasopharyngeal pneumococcal and acute otitis media isolates from children have exhibited reduced susceptibility to several antibiotic classes after the introduction of PCV-13.
Study shows ST-167, ST-940, and the isolate with an unidentifiable sequence type were cultured from blood and carried the blaNDM-5 gene, conferring phenotypic carbapenem resistance.
For many PICO questions, the literature review failed to identify sufficient data to develop strong recommendations for children with septic shock or other sepsis-associated organ dysfunction.
One in three children are prescribed antibiotics at children’s hospitals, and 25.9% prescribed antibiotics for infectious use are receiving at least one suboptimal antibiotic
