Pediatrics

• Consider age, MRSA patterns before selecting vacomycin for children

• February 15, 2013
• Vancomycin dosages ranging from 60 mg/kg to 70 mg/kg per day were necessary to achieve optimal drug exposure needed to treat serious infections in...More »

• In the Journals

• Chlorhexidine washcloths reduced risk for MDR organisms in ICU

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• Using chlorhexidine washcloths daily to bathe patients reduced the risk for multidrug-resistant organisms and hospital-acquired bloodstream infections,...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Recognizing MRSA characteristics key to treating cervical infections

• January 22, 2013
• Becoming familiar with characteristics associated with methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus infections in children may lead to improved care for...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• Repurposed drugs fight antimicrobial resistance crisis

• Infectious Diseases in Children, November 2012
• SAN DIEGO —Physicians have been forced to resurrect older drug classes with known toxicities due to a lack of new agents in the pipeline fighting...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• High rates of MRSA colonization seen among household contacts of children with S. aureus

• Infectious Diseases in Children, July 2012
• Household contacts of children who have been treated for skin infections associated with Staphylococcus aureus are likely to be colonized...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Mothers carrying S. aureus during third trimester more likely to have babies who are colonized

• Infectious Diseases in Children, May 2012
• Mothers who are colonized with Staphylococcus aureus during their third trimester of pregnancy or at the time of delivery are more likely to have infants...More »

• Perspective

• MSSA isolation practices should be revisited for NICU babies

• March 29, 2012
• Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus is as much of a risk to very low birth weight infants as methicillin-resistant S. aureus, but does not...More »

• Perspective

• Unexpectedly high levels of MRSA found in retail pork products

• February 1, 2012
• Results of a new study confirm the presence of Staphylococcus aureus on raw pork products in the United States at higher levels reported in previous...More »

• Children who have HIV, S. aureus more likely to have severe illness

• Infectious Diseases in Children, January 2012
• Children who have comorbid infections with Staphylococcus aureus and HIV are more likely to have severe infection, according to results of a small study...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Recommendations urge screening for SCID

• November 29, 2011
• IDC NY 2011
  NEW YORK — Infants with severe combined immunodeficiency may appear healthy at birth, but have few T cells, leaving them susceptible to...More »

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