October 20th 2025
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AAP guidelines for 2013-2014 influenza vaccination
September 3rd 2013The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released its guidance for influenza vaccination during the 2013-2014 influenza season. As always, AAP recommends that all children and adolescents aged 6 months and older receive either the trivalent or quadrivalent influenza vaccine, and children should be immunized as soon as the vaccine becomes available.
Oropharyngeal K kingae may predict osteoarticular infection
March 1st 2013A study in 123 children aged from 6 to 48 months with atraumatic osteoarticular symptoms confirmed investigators’ hypothesis that oropharyngeal carriage of Kingella kingae in children aged younger than 48 months with acute osteoarticular infection (AOI) is strong evidence that this microorganism is responsible.
Young children still bear burden of influenza
January 10th 2013The 2012-2013 influenza season has not yet reached its halfway point, but already 18 pediatric deaths have been reported nationwide. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that despite expanded vaccine recommendations, many young children are not sufficiently protected against seasonal influenza.
Procalcitonin level accurate biomarker for invasive bacterial infection
December 31st 2012A retrospective study in more than 1,000 well-appearing infants aged younger than 3 months with fever without a source (FWS_ found that procalcitonin (PCT) performs better than C-reactive protein (CRP) in identifying patients with invasive bacterial infections (IBIs), which are positive bacterial cultures of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) or blood, and seems to be the best marker for ruling out IBIs.
Recurrent Lyme disease usually caused by reinfection
December 31st 2012A study of 17 adult patients with culture-confirmed episode of erythema migrans-whose first bout with Lyme disease was treated appropriately with standard courses of antibiotics-found that additional consecutive episodes of erythema migrans were due to reinfection, not relapse.
Iron indices evaluated as tools for differentiating infection
October 1st 2012Greek researchers conducted a study in 69 children with febrile illness who were admitted to a hospital with a diagnosis of a bacterial or viral infection to assess established iron indices in acute febrile infections and to explore whether serum iron distribution differs depending on whether the infection is bacterial or viral.
Household can be source of S aureus infection
July 5th 2012Household contacts of children infected with Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are not routinely sampled for S aureus colonization. Failure to do so may facilitate persistent colonization or recurrent infections, according to a new report. More >>