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.
Hepatitis viruses are associated with a higher risk for psychiatric conditions in both adults and children.
The epidemiology of acute gastroenteritis pathogens identified from pediatric patients who have undergone allogenic hematopoietic cell transplant may be changing.
Patients with viral respiratory infections exhibited poorer outcomes following transplantation compared with patients without infection.
Causes of childhood encephalitis are predominated by epidemic viral infections and frequently include vaccine-preventable diseases.
Human papillomavirus DNA is detected in the oral cavities of about 6.2% of sexually active female adolescents.
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of neonatal respiratory distress, and is most commonly acquired at birth.
Enterovirus-specific antibodies have been identified in the cerebrospinal fluid of pediatric cases of acute flaccid myelitis.
Baloxavir marboxil was well-tolerated in a pediatric population and rapidly reduced viral titers.
