Pediatric infectious diseases and neonatology at @UTHealthSA. APD for Research. Nursery antibiotic steward. MS1 Attack and Defense director. Proud @UVA Wahoo.
Mar 21, 2020 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
A lot of interest in what #COVID19 means for babies, and not a lot of data yet. Thanks to @EBNEO and their #COVIDneo hashtag to keep things organized! I wanted to briefly summarize what is known so far. 1/x
There are basically 4 considerations for infants: 1) Perinatal infection (at delivery/postpartum) 2) Late congenital infection (2nd/3rd trimester) 3) Early congenital infection (1st trimester) 4) Pregnancy disruption.
Let's take these one at a time... 2/x
Mar 27, 2019 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
The surge in #measles and #mumps are newsworthy, hot-topic attention grabbers. However, can I make a quick plug for something that is almost certainly going to be an issue in the near future? 1/x
The declines in MMR #vaccine coverage have led to increased outbreaks, several of which have been close to home (looking at you, #Texas). Therefore, coverage for "R" - rubella - is declining in parallel with measles and mumps in the same zip codes. 2/x
