Kenneth Bender

A delay in providing standard infant vaccinations is associated with children not receiving MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine by 2 years of age.

With rates of influenza vaccination in decline, two health systems evaluated interventions for prompting clinicians to order, and patients to obtain flu shots.

Increased rapid antigen diagnostic testing for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in pediatric outpatients was associated with fewer antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections.

Study examines how clinicians consider rapid pneumonia panel test results in prescribing antibiotics in the ICU.

Study ascertains vaccination status of children hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infections and assesses diagnostic value of testing modalities.

Real-world data suggest that 3 to 4 days of antibiotics can be as effective as 5 or more days in treating community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients.

Mortality rates from treatment-resistant gram-negative infections remain high despite increased use of newer antibiotics and corresponding susceptibility testing.

Universal childhood immunizations should continue to include hepatitis A to avoid reversing 3 decades of progress toward eliminating the infection, say contributors to the previous, long-standing CDC guidance.

Five days of nitrofurantoin was found superior to single-dose fosfomycin for uncomplicated UTI in women, prompting investigators to recommend choosing efficacy over convenience.

Modeling of the ACIP recommendation to replace universal birth-dose HepB vaccination with vaccination based on "shared decision" and maternal status shows substantially more maternal screening or vaccinating infants of unscreened mothers will be necessary to mitigate increase in infections.