| photopenic bone scan osteomyelitis: a clinical perspective. | eighty-one pediatric patients had nuclear bone-imaging studies confirmatory of osteomyelitis during the past 10 years. seven (8.6%) of 81 had "cold" osteomyelitis. these seven patients were all toxic [mean temperature (t), 39.9 degrees c; heart rate (hr), 145 beats/min], all had markedly elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rates (mean esr, 76 mm/h), and six of seven had both confirmatory bone and blood cultures. all patients required surgical intervention. the average length of hospital stay for ... | 1999 | 10573334 |
| impact of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) conjugate vaccines on haemophilus influenzae meningitis in wisconsin. | the first effective haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) conjugate vaccines were approved for use in children and infants between 1987 and 1990. in 1993, the federal government began the childhood immunization initiative (cii), a program to improve the rate of vaccination of children nationwide. subsequently, the proportion of 19 to 35-month-old children who received three or more doses of hib vaccine rapidly increased from 28% in 1992 to 90% by 1995, with a concurrent dramatic decline in the inc ... | 2000 | 11043070 |
| impact of the joint statement by the american academy of pediatrics/us public health service on thimerosal in vaccines on hospital infant hepatitis b vaccination practices. | to determine the impact of the american academy of pediatrics/us public health service (aap/usphs) joint statement on thimerosal in vaccines on hospital infant hepatitis b vaccination policies in wisconsin. | 2001 | 11335754 |
| risk of serious bacterial infection in children with fever without a source in the post-haemophilus influenzae era when antibiotics are reserved for culture-proven bacteremia. | to determine the rate of serious bacterial infection in children aged 2 to 36 months with fever without a source in the post-haemophilus influenzae era, when antibiotic therapy is reserved until blood culture results turn positive. | 2002 | 11980559 |
| the changing epidemiology of invasive haemophilus influenzae disease, especially in persons > or = 65 years old. | few studies have reported the epidemiological characteristics of haemophilus influenzae disease among adults. | 2007 | 17304452 |
| the use of an immunization information system to establish baseline childhood immunization rates and measure contract objectives. | measuring progress toward national immunization objectives at the local level, although difficult, is becoming more feasible owing to statewide immunization information systems. this article describes how a state immunization program expanded the scope of immunization service contracts with local health departments (lhds) to address the immunization rates among children living within their jurisdictions using the wisconsin immunization registry (wir) to measure achievement of population-based ob ... | 2009 | 19704303 |