Division of Infectious Diseases News

The findings emphasize the continued need for malaria prevention prior to international travel and more prompt diagnosis of imported cases to improve patient outcomes.

A new study has identified which strains of Staphylococcus aureus – commonly known as staph – are commonly transmitted in neonatal intensive care units and which specific strains are most likely to cause invasive and serious infections.

Taking one important step toward addressing the malaria crisis that impacts millions of patients globally each year, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has received a $1 million grant from the Gates Foundation to study a new, non-invasive technique involving chemicals in the breath to help identify individuals infected with malarial parasites.

CHOP hosts the 7th Annual Immune Dysregulation Symposium on April 30 for clinicians and researchers who care for patients with complex, multi-organ immune diseases.

Dr. Alexandra Medoro shares how CHOP’s Congenital and Perinatal Infections Clinic supports infants and families through expert care, follow-up and education.

Understanding how the parasites operate gives important insight into drug development for needed novel therapies

Risk of transmission of the rotavirus vaccine is extremely low and poses very minimal risk to NICU babies

Learn why whooping cough (pertussis) is making a comeback, what symptoms are, and how to protect your family.

The vaccine is the first mRNA vaccine against C. difficile and would be the first vaccine in general to successfully ward off the bacterial infection.

Vaccination associated with moderate protection in large, diverse cohort.