BACKGROUND: Peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets need to be determined in a large,
urban, minority-predominant cohort of healthy children to serve as suitable control subjects for …

Guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for the use of palivizumab
prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was first published in a policy statement in …

Objective. The objective of this investigation was to establish the safety of high-dose (HD)
acyclovir for the treatment of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) disease. In addition, an …

Objective. During the 2 decades in which effective antiviral therapies have been available for
neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) disease, changes have been documented not only in …

Objective.To determine healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevalence in 9 hospitals in
Jacksonville, Florida; to evaluate the performance of proxy indicators for HAIs; and to refine …

This Clinical Report was revised. See https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-065483 . Immunizations
have led to a significant decrease in rates of vaccine-preventable diseases and have …

Background Poor neurodevelopmental outcomes and recurrences of cutaneous lesions remain
unacceptably frequent among survivors of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) disease. …

The incidence of neonatal early-onset sepsis (EOS) has declined substantially over the last
2 decades, primarily because of the implementation of evidence-based intrapartum …

This Clinical Report was retired July 2017. Most upper respiratory tract infections are caused
by viruses and require no antibiotics. This clinical report focuses on antibiotic prescribing …

Head lice infestation is associated with limited morbidity but causes a high level of anxiety
among parents of school-aged children. Since the 2010 clinical report on head lice was …