The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (JPIDS), the official journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, is dedicated to perinatal, childhood, and adolescent infectious diseases. The journal is a high-quality source of original research articles, clinical trial reports, guidelines, and topical reviews ranging from bench to bedside, with particular attention to the interests and needs of the pediatric infectious diseases community.
In Mexico, where cancer is the second leading cause of death for children, families travel a significant distance to specialty hospitals for chemotherapy treatment. After each round of chemotherapy, children are typically ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Invasive diagnostic tests play an important role in the treatment of bone infections in children, but these tests may not always be necessary or feasible, according to a new guideline from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases ...
Aug 5, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Neck symptoms are a relatively common manifestation of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), according to a brief report published online June 26 in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases ...
Jul 19, 2021
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A memory haunts Christina Fuhrman: the image of her toddler Pearl lying pale and listless in a hospital bed, tethered to an IV to keep her hydrated as she struggled against a superbug infection.
Jan 6, 2021
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As school districts look ahead to a very different school year, pediatric infectious disease experts from across the United States convened to outline back-to-school safety guidelines for solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Influenza can be especially dangerous for children, who are at greater risk for serious complications from the illness, including hospitalization and even death. Yet child care centers in the U.S. rarely require children ...
Dec 12, 2019
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Preschool children with community-acquired pneumonia often receive unnecessary tests and treatment at outpatient clinics and emergency departments, according to a nationally representative study led by Todd Florin, MD, MSCE, ...
Jun 4, 2019
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Despite recommendations first issued more than a decade ago, antibiotics are still routinely prescribed in U.S. emergency rooms for infants with bronchiolitis, a common viral lung infection. Published in the Journal of the ...
Jan 17, 2019
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The use of antibiotics drives the development of antibiotic resistance, a major threat to public health worldwide. But these drugs also carry the risk of harm to individual patients, including children. According to a new ...
Aug 23, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Between 1999 and 2012, Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) antibiotic resistance increased in children, though there was a decreasing trend after 2008, according to a study published in the Journal of the ...
Jun 18, 2018
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