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JANUARY 21, 2025

MMWR Recomm Rep 2003; 52:1. Clin Microbiol Infect 2003; 9:247. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-.Available Available from: [link] King CK, Glass R, Bresee JS, et al. Managing acute gastroenteritis among children: oral rehydration, maintenance, and nutritional therapy. Wilhelmi I, Roman E, Snchez-Fauquier A.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Whooping Cough: A Cyclical but Preventable Disease Whooping cough, caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis , is another infectious disease experiencing a resurgence despite the availability of vaccines. 2003) Severe and unrecognised: pertussis in UK infants. Epidemiol Infect.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

The patient was ultimately discharged on a seven-day total course of cephalexin per Pediatric Infectious Disease recommendations. Exanthematous disease induced by toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 in the early neonatal period. Neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease (NTED). References Takahashi, N.,

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

Spinal Infection: According to the Infectious Disease Society of America’s (IDSA) 2015 guidelines for native vertebral osteomyelitis, CRP and ESR in the setting of protracted back pain have sensitivities ranging from 94 to 100% for ruling out infection and malignancy in these patients. 2003 Jun;111(12):1805-12. J Clin Invest.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

European Journal of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. 2003; 59(1): 49–56. Andrei G, Snoeck R, Reymen D, Liesnard C, Goubau P, Desmyter J et al. Comparative activity of selected antiviral compounds against clinical isolates of varicella-zoster virus. 1995; 14(4): 318–329. Vogel C, Wetzel L, Wutzler P, Gruhn B.

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Pediatric Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

In a study from the US of 4075 admissions nationwide (ages 6-19 years) from 2003-14 found a low but increasing incidence of PLA from 9.63 Treatment duration again was lengthy for many (up to 154 days) and they had a survival rate of 95.8%. per 100,000 hospitalizations in 2014.

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EMDocs

JULY 15, 2023

Infectious Diseases Society of America. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Purulent drainage (E) is possible with many infections, including cutaneous abscesses and cellulitis, but is not typical of erysipelas.

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