An Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Infections Associated with Contaminated Liquid Docusate.

OBJECTIVE To investigate an outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex and describe the measures that revealed the source. SETTING A 629-bed, tertiary-care, pediatric hospital in Houston, Texas. PATIENTS Pediatric patients without cystic fibrosis (CF) hospitalized in the pediatric and cardiovascular intensive care units.

Safety and efficacy of intravenous labetalol for hypertensive crisis in infants and small children.

Objective: To determine the efficacy and safety of labetalol for hypertensive crisis in children ≤ 24 months of age.

Design: Retrospective chart review. Statistical analysis utilized analysis of variance for continuous data, chi-square tests for nominal data, and linear regression.

Once-daily gentamicin dosing in pediatric patients without cystic fibrosis.

Study Objective: To estimate an appropriate once-daily gentamicin dose and dosing interval for non-critical care pediatric patients older than 3 months of age without cystic fibrosis.

Design: Pharmacokinetic analysis of data from a retrospective medical record review.

Setting: Large academic children's hospital.