975Exposure to Gastric Acid-Suppression Therapy is Associated with Healthcare-Associated and Community-Associated C. difficile Infection in Children

975Exposure to Gastric Acid-Suppression Therapy is Associated with Healthcare-Associated and Community-Associated C. difficile Infection in Children

Healthcare-Associated and Community-Associated C. difficile Infection in Children Jennifer Jimenez; Marci Drees, MD, MS, FACP; Beth Loveridge-Lenza, MD; Stephen Eppes, MD; Fernando Delrosario, MD; Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Newark, NJ; Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE; Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ; Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilm...

Immune Thrombocytopenia Associated with Hepatitis A Infection in Children

Hepatitis A infection is usually a self–limited disease during childhood. Autoimmune manifestations are rarely reported among patients with HA infection. We describe a previously healthy 6-yr-old male with acute hepatitis A who developed immune thrombocytopenia.

Risk Factors for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection in Children

1644Risk Factors for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection in Children

Infection in Children Jonathan Crews, MD; Lauren Anderson, MD; Kim Waller, PhD; Michael Swartz, PhD; Herbert Dupont, MD, FIDSA; Jeffrey Starke, MD, FIDSA; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX; St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Kelsey Research Foundation and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, TX; Center for ...

Risk Factors for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection in Children.

OBJECTIVE To characterize the medication and other exposures associated with pediatric community-associated Clostridium difficile infections (CA-CDIs). STUDY DESIGN We performed a case-control study using billing records from the US military health system database. CA-CDI cases included children 1-18 years of age with an outpatient International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Cli...