Childhood vaccination for norovirus may reduce the community burden of norovirus outbreaks, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Norovirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in the United States, causing an estimated 20 million illnesses each year. Norovirus affects all age groups; however, severe illness is most likely to occur in…
Sputum isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus may not reflect a patient’s full bacterial diversity.
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
