Pediatrics
Conference Coverage
Meningitis before age 3 months: Consider enterovirus and parechovirus
MADRID – CSF PCR is key to diagnosis.
From the Journals
Minor measles vaccination decline could triple childhood cases
Slight decline could have vast impact.
From the Journals
Procalcitonin-guided decision making found best in neonatal suspected sepsis
How can health care providers reduce antibiotic duration and promote healthy microbiome development in neonates?
Conference Coverage
Early neuroimaging essential for Zika-exposed neonates
DENVER – Brain abnormalities masked by initially normal head circumference.
From the Journals
Maternal protection against measles steadily declines prior to vaccination
Maternal protection against some viruses doesn’t protect infants for very long.
From the Journals
High-dose vitamin D fails against young children’s upper respiratory infections
Making the dose higher doesn’t help against children’s respiratory infections.
News from the FDA/CDC
Vaccine reduced risk for flu visits by 42%
None of the thousands of samples tested showed resistance to the antivirals used in this year’s vaccine.
From the Journals
Children with HIV benefit from double dose of PCV13 vaccine
At-risk children may need new PCV13 vaccine regimens.
From the Journals
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines modestly reduce complex acute otitis media
Substitution by GAS and widespread antibiotic use may have played role.
From the Journals
Hexavalent hepatitis B vaccination mostly immunogenic 10 years later
Vaccine success mostly persists at 10 years.
From the Journals
OMV meningococcal vaccine also protected against gonorrhea
An outer-membrane-vesicle infectious disease vaccine protected against a sexually transmitted disease.