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Nizar Maraqa

Researcher at University of Florida

Publications -  20
Citations -  2431

Nizar Maraqa is an academic researcher from University of Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Syphilis. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 19 publications receiving 2004 citations. Previous affiliations of Nizar Maraqa include University of Florida Health Science Center & Boston Children's Hospital.

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Clinical Practice Guideline: The Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Bronchiolitis

TL;DR: This guideline is a revision of the clinical practice guideline, “Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis,” published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2006, and indicates level of evidence, benefit-harm relationship, and level of recommendation.
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Updated Guidance for Palivizumab Prophylaxis Among Infants and Young Children at Increased Risk of Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

TL;DR: The updated recommendations in this policy statement reflect new information regarding the seasonality of RSV circulation, palivizumab pharmacokinetics, the changing incidence of bronchiolitis hospitalizations, the effect of gestational age and other risk factors on RSV hospitalization rates, the mortality of children hospitalized with RSV infection, the effects of prophylaxis on wheezing, and palivZumab-resistant RSV isolates.
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Salmonella Infections in Childhood

TL;DR: The most important measures to prevent the spread and outbreaks of Salmonella infections and typhoid fever are adequate sanitation protocols for food processing and handling as well as hand hygiene.
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in osteoarticular infections in children.

TL;DR: The authors conclude that OPAT can be safely used to manage OAIs in children without compromising outcome.
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Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection among infants at a level III neonatal intensive care unit.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors collected weekly nasal MRSA surveillance cultures on 2,048 infants admitted to NICU over 3 years and compared the characteristics of MRSA colonized and infected infants.