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Child Care Center Staff Contribute to Physician Visits and Pressure for Antibiotic Prescription

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Many child care center (CCC) staff are referring children to a doctor inappropriately. In a study of 36 child care centers, about two-thirds referred a child to a doctor if the child had a cough with mucus or a colored nasal discharge. Many also excluded such children from interactions with other children. Many believed antibiotics would be useful in such children to prevent the spread of infection. This could lead to inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions, which are thought to be the cause of drug-resistant bacteria.

Care and treatment, Analysis, Officials and employees, Sick children, Medical referral

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in a Child Care Center Following a Case of Disease

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Researchers report the first known transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a child care center. When a 2 1/2-year-old boy who attended the center developed a serious MRSA infection, the researchers tested all of the children and staff of the center for MRSA. One two-year-old child and his 7-year-old sibling were found to be carriers of the same strain of MRSA that the boy was infected with. Forty other children were also carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.

Health aspects, Canada, Disease transmission, Staphylococcus aureus, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Microbial drug resistance

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Rotavirus-Associated Diarrhea in Outpatient Settings and Child Care Centers

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Rotavirus infections have a substantial impact on the US healthcare system. Of 226 children with diarrhea in pediatric practices, 60% of those who were hospitalized tested positive for rotavirus. Of 211 children in child care centers with diarrhea, 75% of those who were hospitalized tested positive for rotavirus. A few children were hospitalized more than once for rotavirus-induced diarrhea. Rotavirus infections were most common in children younger than two years of age.

Causes of, Statistics, Children, Hospitalization, Hospital utilization, Rotavirus infections, Diarrhea in children, Childhood diarrhea

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