Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Localised Scleroderma Quality of Life Instrument (LoSQI): an international study

Juvenile localised scleroderma (jLS) is a rare disease which impacts negatively on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We aimed to undertake the cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a novel disease-specific HRQoL measure, the Localised Scleroderma Quality of Life Instr...

Pathogens in the Nasopharynx Before and After Antibiotic Treatment for Acute Otitis Media

BACKGROUND: Limited data exist on whether the timing or duration of treatment for acute otitis media (AOM) affects nasopharyngeal carriage. We studied the eradication of pathogens (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis) in relation to timing (...