Pediatric Infections
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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
All Children with Positive TB Screening Tests Need a Chest X-Ray
Chest radiographs revealed active tuberculosis in 3% of asymptomatic children with positive TB screens.
- Reviewing:
- Gwee A et al. Arch Dis Child 2013 Apr 20; 98:401
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Progress in Understanding the Link Between RSV Infection and Recurrent Wheezing
- May 15, 2013
- Louis M. Bell, MDhttp://pediatrics.jwatch.org/misc/board_about.dtl#aBell
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Healthy, late preterm infants treated with anti-RSV monoclonal antibody during an RSV season had 61% fewer days of wheezing during the first year of life than controls.
- Reviewing:
- Blanken MO et al. N Engl J Med 2013 May 9; 368:1791
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
The Power of Quality Improvement to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospitalized Children
- May 15, 2013
- Louis M. Bell, MD
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Quality-improvement methods led to an impressive change in antibiotic prescribing for inpatient care of childhood pneumonia.
- Reviewing:
- Ambroggio L et al. Pediatrics 2013 Apr 15
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
The Burden and Etiology of Childhood Diarrhea in Asia and Africa
- May 15, 2013
- Mary E. Wilson, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Targeting five pathogens — rotavirus, Cryptosporidium, Escherichia coli (enterotoxigenic and enteropathogenic), and Shigella — could substantially reduce the burden of childhood diarrhea in developing countries.
- Reviewing:
- Kotloff KL et al. Lancet 2013 May 14
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Threading Together Filarial Genomes: The Wolbachia Endosymbiont and New Targets for Therapy
- May 10, 2013
- Kenneth Y. Tsai, MD, PhD
- Dermatology
A study of parasitism and symbiosis answers some questions while others remain.
- Reviewing:
- Desjardins CA et al. Nat Genet 2013 Apr 26; 45:495
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Voriconazole plus Caspofungin for Refractory Pediatric Coccidioidomycosis
- May 8, 2013
- Neil M. Ampel, MD
- Infectious Diseases
In a retrospective study involving nine children with complicated coccidioidomycosis, eight improved with a change to combination voriconazole/caspofungin therapy.
- Reviewing:
- Levy ER et al. Clin Infect Dis 2013 Jun 1; 56:1573
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Another Look at the "Ampicillin Rash"
- May 1, 2013
- Deborah Lehman, MD
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
This study found a lower incidence of antibiotic-associated rash in children with Epstein-Barr virus acute infectious mononucleosis than previously reported.
- Reviewing:
- Chovel-Sella A et al. Pediatrics 2013 May 1; 131:e1424
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Bacterial MeningitisFree
- May 1, 2013
- Richard T. Ellison III, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Adult survivors of childhood bacterial meningitis have lower educational achievement and a lower likelihood of economic self-sufficiency than matched healthy controls.
- Reviewing:
- Roed C et al. JAMA 2013 Apr 24; 309:1714
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Varicella Vaccine Is Effective
- April 24, 2013
- Peggy Sue Weintrub, MD
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
The vaccine retains its efficacy and reduces risk for shingles in vaccinated children.
- Reviewing:
- Baxter R et al. Pediatrics 2013 Apr 1
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Interventions to Reduce Worm Infections and Their Impacts
- April 24, 2013
- Mary E. Wilson, MD
- Infectious Diseases
In China, school-based educational activities led to reduced prevalence of worm infection; in India, 6-monthly deworming had little effect on mortality or weight in young children.
- Reviewing:
- Bieri FA et al. N Engl J Med 2013 Apr 25; 368:1603
