Infectious diseases
Update on congenital cytomegalovirus infection: Prenatal prevention, newborn diagnosis, and management
Posted: Sep 9, 2020 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee
Topic(s): infectious diseases, immunization
Lyme disease in Canada: Focus on children
Posted: Jul 28, 2020 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee
Topic(s): infectious diseases
Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (spring 2021 update)
Posted: Jul 6, 2020
Committee(s): Acute Care Committee
Topic(s): acute care, infectious diseases
Prevention and management of neonatal herpes simplex virus infections
Posted: Mar 6, 2020 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee
Topic(s): fetal and maternal issues, infectious diseases, newborn medicine
Tuberculosis among First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and youth in Canada: Beyond medical management
Posted: Jan 14, 2020 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health Committee
Topic(s): Indigenous health, infectious diseases, social paediatrics
Preventing and treating infections in children with asplenia or hyposplenia
Posted: Nov 6, 2019 | Reaffirmed: Nov 21, 2024
Committee(s): Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee
Topic(s): chronic diseases, infectious diseases, patient safety, prevention and anticipatory guidance
Antifungal agents for common outpatient paediatric infections
Posted: Jun 20, 2019 | Reaffirmed: Nov 21, 2024
Committee(s): Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee
Topic(s): infectious diseases, community paediatrics
Invasive group A streptococcal disease: Management and chemoprophylaxis
Posted: Apr 15, 2019 | Reaffirmed: Nov 21, 2024
Committee(s): Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee
Topic(s): drug therapy, infectious diseases
Paediatric complicated pneumonia: Diagnosis and management of empyema
Posted: Dec 18, 2018
Committee(s): Hospital Paediatrics Section
Topic(s): hospital paediatrics, infectious diseases, acute care
Approaches to detecting tuberculosis in children and youth
Posted: Dec 14, 2018
Committee(s): Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee
Topic(s): infectious diseases, social paediatrics, Indigenous health, drug therapy
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