Pediatrics

• 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 »

• In the Journals

• Infants vaccinated against HBV may have lost surface antigen protection during adolescence

• January 8, 2013
• Recipients of hepatitis B vaccination at infancy may lose their hepatitis B surface antigen immunological memories by adolescence, according to recent...More »

• Breaking News Perspective

• FDA proposes two new food safety rules

• January 4, 2013
• The FDA proposed two new food safety rules today to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules are meant to help prevent foodborne illness.
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• Breaking News Perspective

• FDA proposes two new food safety rules

• January 4, 2013
• The FDA proposed two new food safety rules today to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules are meant to help prevent foodborne illness.
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• In the Journals

• Infants born prematurely, small showed greater risk for esophagitis

• December 12, 2012
• Premature birth and being born small for gestational age increased the likelihood of developing esophagitis during childhood, according to recent results.
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• In the Journals Perspective

• Norovirus may linger on dishes, utensils in restaurants

• December 11, 2012
• Norovirus appears harder than bacteria to remove from tableware through the standard sanitization processes used in many food service establishments,...More »

• Clostridium difficile New Diagnostics and Therapeutics

• November 29, 2012
• C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, reviews the new therapeutic and diagnostic methods available to identify bacterial challenges, including Clostridium difficile ......More »

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