Clinical Manifestations and Bacterial Genomic Analysis of Group A Streptococcus Strains That Cause Pediatric Toxic Shock Syndrome.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic makeup of circulating Staphylococcus aureus (SA) populations varies by region. The extent to which SA virulence determinants contribute to the severity of pediatric infections is poorly understood. The study objective was to describe the genetic population of invasive SA (ISA) isolates from child...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Suryadevara M,Clark AE,Wolk DM,Carman A,Rosenbaum PF,Shaw J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shigella is a leading cause of childhood diarrhea mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Current World Health Organization guidelines recommend antibiotics for children in non cholera-endemic areas only in the presence of dysentery, a proxy for suspected Shigella infection. METHODS:To assess the sensitivity and s...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Pavlinac PB,Denno DM,John-Stewart GC,Onchiri FM,Naulikha JM,Odundo EA,Hulseberg CE,Singa BO,Manhart LE,Walson JL

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although long treatment courses of outpatient antimicrobials are often used in pediatric patients, few data exist regarding the frequency of adverse events (AEs) associated with these medications. METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study of all patients seen in the Infectious Diseases clinic at a t...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Olson SC,Smith S,Weissman SJ,Kronman MP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) consists of medical and public health experts who develop recommendations on vaccine use in the United States. The ACIP meets 3 times per year, and members and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) staff present findings and discuss vaccine research, vaccine effectiv...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Schuster JE,O'Leary S,Kimberlin DW

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pertussis is an important cause of hospitalization and death in infants too young to be vaccinated (aged <2 months). Limited data on infant pertussis have been reported from Central America. The aim of this study was to characterize acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) attributable to Bordetella pertussis amon...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Phadke VK,McCracken JP,Kriss JL,Lopez MR,Lindblade KA,Bryan JP,Garcia ME,Funes CE,Omer SB

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OF KEY POINTS:Although relatively rare, invasive meningococcal disease continues to be a health concern, especially in young children. This systematic review clearly delineates both the near- and long-term morbidities that can occur after, and persist beyond, the period of acute illness. BACKGROUND:Although rare, inva...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Strifler L,Morris SK,Dang V,Tu HA,Minhas RS,Jamieson FB,Deeks SL,Crowcroft NS,Sander B

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection from China, there was no difference in CMV viral load in saliva specimens dried and stored at room temperature compared with those kept wet and stored cold, even after longer storage time for the former than the later (74 vs 58 days, P = .02). ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Xu A,Wang S,Zhang W,Wang X,Wang T,Liu X,Wang H,Ma W,Amin M,Dollard S,Wang C

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among youth through high-risk behaviors continues to increase. Retention in Care is associated with positive clinical outcomes and a decrease in HIV transmission risk behaviors. We evaluated the clinical and demographic characteristics of non-perinatally...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Farmer C,Yehia BR,Fleishman JA,Rutstein R,Mathews WC,Nijhawan A,Moore RD,Gebo KA,Agwu AL,HIV Research Network.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of azithromycin (AZM) on macrophage responses to pneumococci. We found that exposure of pneumococci to AZM led to reduced tumor necrosis factor (TNF) secretion by macrophages; this effect was observed in response to both AZM-susceptible and AZM-resistant (AZM-R) pneumococci. ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Ingram K,Marker M,Meals E,Talati AJ,Spentzas T,English BK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia, most often caused by a respiratory virus, is common in childhood. Mycoplasma pneumoniae also is detected frequently, particularly in older children in the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination. Despite recommendations for β-lactam antibiotics, macrolide antibiotics, including erythromycin, clarithromyci...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Blyth CC,Gerber JS

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite successes in lung transplantation, with infection as the leading cause of death in the first year following lung transplantation, there remains a lag in survival compared with other solid organ transplants. Infections that occur early after transplantation may impact short- and long-term outcomes in ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Onyearugbulem C,Coss-Bu J,Gazzaneo MC,Melicoff E,Das S,Lam F,Mallory GB,Munoz FM

更新日期：2020-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While fluoroquinolones are commonly used in adults, the use in children has been low. Since 2000, there were 3 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Boxed warnings regarding fluoroquinolones (2008, 2013, and 2016). Our objective was to describe the use of fluoroquinolones in children and assess the impact of...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Ross RK,Gerber JS,Willis ZI,Hersh AL,Kinlaw AC

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parainfluenza virus (PIV), a common pediatric pathogen, is associated with significant morbidity in immunocompromised (IC) hosts. DAS181, a novel sialidase fusion protein inhibitor, seems to be effective against PIV in vitro and in vivo; its use in IC children has not been evaluated. METHODS:Patients were d...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Waghmare A,Wagner T,Andrews R,Smith S,Kuypers J,Boeckh M,Moss R,Englund JA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enteroviruses (EVs) occur frequently worldwide and are known to be associated with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations from mild syndromes to neurological disease. To understand the epidemiology of EV in Korea, we characterized EV-infected cases during 2012-2019 based on national surveillance. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Kang HJ,Yoon Y,Lee YP,Kim HJ,Lee DY,Lee JW,Hyeon JY,Yoo JS,Lee S,Kang C,Choi W,Han MG

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Antimicrobial use is decreasing across freestanding children's hospitals, predominantly in institutions with antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in place. A highly effective ASP should effect a greater decrease in use than predicted by existing trends. Antimicrobial stewardship programs depend on cli...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Willis ZI,Gillon J,Xu M,Slaughter JC,Di Pentima MC

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Trichosporonosis is an emerging and often fatal opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompromised patients, particularly those with hematologic malignancy, but data in children are lacking. Methods:We report here 3 cases of invasive infection caused by Trichosporon asahii in pediatric patients with acute ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Foster CE,Edwards MS,Brackett J,Schady DA,Healy CM,Baker CJ

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the uptake of rotavirus vaccine and compared trends in acute gastroenteritis (AGE)-associated hospitalizations and outpatient visits among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children aged <5 years before and after introduction of the rotavirus vaccine. The rates of AGE-associated hospitalization and...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Grytdal SP,Haberling DL,Kennedy JL,McCollum JT,Parashar UD

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our goal was to characterize the epidemiology and clinical significance of congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) exposure by prospectively following a cohort of infants with possible congenital exposure through their first year of life. METHODS:We included infants born in New York City between 2016 and 2017 who had ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Lee EH,Cooper H,Iwamoto M,Lash M,Conners EE,Bloch D,Clark S,Hrusa G,Kubinson H,Paladini M,McGibbon E,Rakeman JL,Fine AD,Limberger RJ,Liu D,Slavinski S,New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Zika Working Gro

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at risk for invasive fungal disease (IFD). Data on IFD burden in pediatric patients are limited. We aimed to determine the incidence and outcome of IFD in a large cohort of pediatric patients who underwent SOT. Methods:A single-center cohort of pediatric patients ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Saxena S,Gee J,Klieger S,Kajon A,Petersen H,Zaoutis T,Fisher B

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of disseminated tularemia in a previously healthy 8-month-old male. This case highlights an atypical presentation of tularemia with multisystem organ involvement. The diagnosis was complicated by concurrent primary cytomegalovirus infection. Bronchoalveolar lavage culture confirmed the diagnosis. The ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Stringham S,Green Hines A,Attebery J,Darwin L,Wachholtz A,Deschamp A,Choudhry O,Neemann K

更新日期：2020-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative convened with several groups in the pediatric antibacterial drug development community with the goal of identifying challenges and recommending ways to improve current practice. Attention to 5 major areas hold the promise of making new antibiotics available for use in chil...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Noel GJ,Nambiar S,Bradley J,Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative’s Pediatric Antibiotic Drug Development Program.

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In November 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) for two novel virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibody therapies, bamlanivimab, and REGN-COV2 (casirivimab plus imdevimab), for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adolescents and adults in specifi...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Wolf J,Abzug MJ,Wattier RL,Sue PK,Vora SB,Zachariah P,Dulek DE,Waghmare A,Olivero R,Downes KJ,James SH,Pinninti SG,Yarbrough A,Aldrich ML,MacBrayne CE,Soma VL,Grapentine SP,Oliveira CR,Hayes M,Kimberlin DW,Jones S

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontline clinicians caring for hospitalized children typically knew the indication for antimicrobial therapy but less often knew the current day or planned duration of therapy or of plans for intravenous to oral conversion. Night shift clinicians were less likely to know day of therapy and duration of therapy than da...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Larru B,Sulieman SE,Localio R,Ross RK,Sharland M,Zaoutis TE,Gerber JS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduction in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission through breastmilk with maternal combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has led many pregnant women living with HIV and healthcare providers to question exclusive formula feeding in resource-rich settings. Here, we describe cART prophylaxis in 3 breas...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Nashid N,Khan S,Loutfy M,MacGillivray J,Yudin MH,Campbell DM,Barozzino T,Baqi M,Read SE,Bitnun A

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory viruses cause significant morbidity and death in infants; 99% of such deaths occur in resource-limited settings. Risk factors for initial and repeated respiratory viral infections in young infants in resource-limited settings have not been well described. METHODS:From 2011 to 2014, a birth cohor...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Boonyaratanakornkit J,Englund JA,Magaret AS,Bu Y,Tielsch JM,Khatry SK,Katz J,Kuypers J,Shrestha L,LeClerq SC,Steinhoff MC,Chu HY

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Data on long-term toxicity of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-infected children are sparse. PENPACT-1 was an open-label trial in which HIV-infected children were assigned randomly to receive protease inhibitor (PI)- or nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based ART. Methods:We examined ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Melvin AJ,Warshaw M,Compagnucci A,Saidi Y,Harrison L,Turkova A,Tudor-Williams G,PENPACT-1 (PENTA 9\/PACTG 390\/ANRS 103) Study Team.

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Across 12 consecutive influenza seasons in Utah, medically-attended visits for laboratory-confirmed influenza infection peaked first among older children (12-18 years). Peak activity in older children preceded that of children 0-4 years by more than 2 days and that of peak activity among adults ≥65 years by more than ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Stockmann C,Pavia AT,Hersh AL,Spigarelli MG,Castle B,Korgenski K,Byington CL,Ampofo K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cryptococcal meningitis is uncommon in children and rare in neonates, it does occur. We highlight circumstances in which the diagnosis should be considered and methods required to confirm the diagnosis in young patients. ...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Soni ZJ,Reubenson G,De Maayer T,Coovadia A,Lazarus EM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information on the efficacy and pharmacokinetics of letermovir among immunocompromised children is currently available. We describe here the use of letermovir in a 2-year-old immunocompromised child with ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus disease who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Detailed inf...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Pérez Marín M,Decosterd LA,Andre P,Buclin T,Mercier T,Murray K,Rizzi M,Meylan P,Jaton-Ogay K,Opota O,Gengler C,Perez MH,Natterer J,Asner SA

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Evaluation for neonatal sepsis routinely includes performing both aerobic and anaerobic blood cultures despite our lack of knowledge of the true incidence of anaerobic bacteremia in this age group and the consequences of not performing these paired cultures. Methods:We performed a retrospective review of al...

journal_title：Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

authors： Messbarger N,Neemann K

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00