Pediatrics
From the Journals
Severe respiratory failure strikes healthy teens on trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
A case series of five patients suggests a link between trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and lung disease.
News from the FDA/CDC
Measles count for 2019 now over 900 cases
Two more states reported their first cases of the year to the CDC last week.
News from the FDA/CDC
U.S. measles total sees smallest increase in 2 months
Six new cases put Washington State back on the CDC’s outbreak list.
Pediatric Dermatology Consult
A 5-year-old boy with a papular rash on his arm
What unilateral benign rash that typically occurs on the extremities starts as pink or skin-colored asymptomatic papules in a linear orientation...
Feature
Survey: Physicians predict increase in measles deaths
Summer travel will lead to increased outbreaks, and misinformation about vaccination will probably get worse.
Conference Coverage
Measles complications in the U.S. unchanged in posteradication era
CHICAGO –Approximately 25% of measles cases result in hospitalization, and the mortality risk is meaningful.
Commentary
Is it measles? – Diagnosis and management for the pediatric provider
The measles rash appears 2-4 days after the onset of fever, and is initially maculopapular and blanching.
News from the FDA/CDC
U.S. measles cases climb to over 800 for the year
New analysis predicts the 25 counties at the highest risk for a measles outbreak in 2019.
Conference Coverage
Gentamicin restores wound healing in hereditary epidermolysis bullosa
CHICAGO - In a fatal inherited type of epidermolysis bullosa, topical gentamicin demonstrated clinical benefit.
Conference Coverage
Patch testing in atopic dermatitis: when and how
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – “Recent data are calling into question old dogmas and reshaping the way we think about this.”
Conference Coverage
Researchers examine vitamin D, skin pigmentation, and outcomes of pediatric MS
PHILADELPHIA – The association between vitamin D insufficiency and MS outcome in children appears to relate partly...