Teresita Sarquis, Carolina Ibáñez, Verónica De La Maza, Romina Valenzuela, Marcela Zubieta, Yenis Labraña, Valentina Gutiérrez, Claudia Greppi, Daniela Martínez, Paulina Díaz, María Elena Santolaya
{"title":"Usefulness of Peripheral Blood Cultures in Children With Cancer and Episodes of Fever and Neutropenia.","authors":"Teresita Sarquis, Carolina Ibáñez, Verónica De La Maza, Romina Valenzuela, Marcela Zubieta, Yenis Labraña, Valentina Gutiérrez, Claudia Greppi, Daniela Martínez, Paulina Díaz, María Elena Santolaya","doi":"10.1097/inf.0000000000004168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004168","url":null,"abstract":"The collection of blood cultures (BC) is key for guiding antimicrobial therapy in children with febrile neutropenia (FN), more than 90% have central venous catheters (CVC). There is no consensus on the need for peripheral BC over central BC in this population. The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of peripheral BC over central BC in the diagnosis of bloodstream infections in children with FN.","PeriodicalId":501652,"journal":{"name":"The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138564198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexis Rybak, Naïm Ouldali, Emmanuelle Varon, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Stéphane Béchet, François Angoulvant, Robert Cohen, Corinne Levy
{"title":"Vaccine-preventable Pediatric Acute Bacterial Meningitis in France: A Time Series Analysis of a 19-Year Prospective National Surveillance Network.","authors":"Alexis Rybak, Naïm Ouldali, Emmanuelle Varon, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Stéphane Béchet, François Angoulvant, Robert Cohen, Corinne Levy","doi":"10.1097/inf.0000000000004134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004134","url":null,"abstract":"In France, vaccination has been implemented against Hi serotype b (Hib), pneumococcus with pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), and Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C (MenC). These interventions with different coverage and uptake have disrupted the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable acute bacterial meningitis (ABM).","PeriodicalId":501652,"journal":{"name":"The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138745850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joukje E Willemsen, José A M Borghans, Louis J Bont, Julia Drylewicz
{"title":"Disagreement FDA and EMA on RSV Maternal Vaccination: Possible Consequence for Global Mortality.","authors":"Joukje E Willemsen, José A M Borghans, Louis J Bont, Julia Drylewicz","doi":"10.1097/inf.0000000000004173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004173","url":null,"abstract":"The European Medicines Agency and the US Food and Drug Administration have recently approved a maternal vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus. The US Food and Drug Administration limits vaccination to later in pregnancy. Mathematical modeling demonstrates that this vaccination window may reduce the global mortality impact of the vaccine by 12%. Policymakers should carefully consider vaccine risks and benefits to safeguard vulnerable infants effectively.","PeriodicalId":501652,"journal":{"name":"The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal","volume":"151 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138688352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}