For patients with pharyngotonsillitis caused by group A streptococci, treatment with penicillin V four times a day for 5 days was comparable with penicillin V three times a day for 10 days
Recent reports present updated summaries of common pathogens and antimicrobial resistance patterns among health care-associated infections.
Alendronate treatment is well-tolerated and improved bone mineral density (BMD), with no safety concerns in children and adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV, according to a study recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Compared with children and adolescents without HIV, those who are perinatally infected have lower BMD; this may be related to antiretroviral therapy (ART).…
Pre-existing low-avidity neutralizing maternal measles antibodies do not interfere with the development of high concentrations of high-avidity measles antibodies in children immunized at age 12 months.
An investigational pneumococcal protein-based vaccine co-administered with PCV13 was well-tolerated and immunogenic but did not show incremental efficacy in preventing AOM or acute lower respiratory tract infection in children.
E. coli, group B streptococcus, and enterococcus species most common bacterial pathogens
Maternal viremia predicted fetal infection and neonatal outcome of infants of women with a primary cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy.
Children who are co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus may benefit from early treatment with direct acting antivirals
The development of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis in infants within the first 6 months of life was associated with increased odds of pneumonia, otitis media, and filling of antibiotic prescriptions in the second 6 months of life, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. This was a population-based cohort study of infants…
Many pediatric liver transplant recipients are undervaccinated.
