Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2018

We describe here severe parechovirus 3 infection in neonates, including neurologic illness and seizures. Younger infants (as young as 5 days) were more likely than older infants to require intensive care

An antimicrobial stewardship quality improvement collaborative among 36 children’s hospitals in the United States was established. This collaborative has used benchmarking data reports and learning opportunities to develop innovative interventions in these hospitals.

Mucormycosis in children is frequently fatal, especially in neonates. Invasive disease typically requires a combined medical and surgical approach to therapy. Liposomal amphotericin and step-down to oral posaconazole are recommended until clinical resolution, with some evidence for combination therapies.

HGA is an emerging infection in children but might present more mildly in them than in adults; fewer pediatric patients present with cytopenia and elevation of liver transaminase levels. Concurrent Lyme disease might be a risk factor for more severe disease.

The results of this large study performed at 1 institution, which included adjustment of potential confounding variables and comparison to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-uninfected infants from the same population, revealed low birth weight in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants

Decreasing trends in acute gastroenteritis–associated hospitalization and outpatient visit rates have been sustained in the 7 years after rotavirus vaccine introduction within the Indian Health Service. These decreases underscore the importance of vaccination uptake among American Indian and Alaska Native children.