Pediatrics

• In the Journals

• Brief use of NSAIDs, steroids linked to upper GI complications in children

• February 1, 2013
• The use of medications, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, oral steroids and antibiotics, even for a short duration, increased the risk for...More »

• Breaking News

• Salmonella outbreak affects 16 people

• January 28, 2013
• An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium affecting five states so far has been linked to ground beef, the CDC reported.
  The illness onset dates range from...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• CDC: New strain attributed to 2012 norovirus outbreaks

• January 25, 2013
• A significant increase in the number of norovirus outbreaks in 2012 was caused by the GII.4 Sydney strain of the virus, according to a recent CDC report....More »

• In the Journals

• Hospital listeriosis outbreak linked to diced celery

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• An outbreak of listeriosis that killed five people across five hospitals in Texas was traced back to contaminated diced celery in chicken salad.
  In...More »

• In the Journals

• More than 600,000 cholera infections recorded in Haiti since 2010 outbreak

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• During the 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti, all 10 administrative departments of the country had confirmed cases within 29 days of the first report, CDC...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Gut flora plays significant role in colic

• Infectious Diseases in Children, February 2013
• Examining the early development of the gut flora may yield answers about infant colic, according to research from the Netherlands.
  Carolina de Weerth, PhD,...More »

• FDA approvals

• FDA approves test that detects 11 causes of infectious gastroenteritis from single sample

• January 16, 2013
• The FDA approved on Jan. 14 marketing for a test that simultaneously detects multiple causes of infectious gastroenteritis, according to a press release.
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• In the Journals

• Infection, feeding habits in infants linked to later celiac disease

• January 15, 2013
• Infections occurring early in life, a high-gluten diet and discontinuation of breastfeeding before gluten introduction can increase the risk for celiac...More »

• In the Journals

• Liver damage severity in obese children affected by ethnicity, genetic polymorphisms

• January 14, 2013
• Obese African-American children had less severe liver damage than Caucasians and Hispanics, and genetic polymorphisms were found to influence injury...More »

• Health Policy

• Policy statement provides management guidelines for children with C. difficile

• Infectious Diseases in Children, February 2013
• Interpreting positive test results for Clostridium difficile toxin in infants may be difficult because due to the high rate of asymptomatic colonization;...More »

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