Paediatric Infectious Diseases. A practical guide and cases

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Preface Contents Part I: Neonatal Infection Case 1. A 6-Day-Old Female Newborn with Fever and Decreased Appetite and Activity: Enteroviral Infection in Neonates Discussion Further Reading Case 2. 17-Day-Old Female Baby with Fever and Decreased Appetite and Activity: Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Neonates and Children Discussion Further Reading Case 3. A Premature Newborn with Respiratory Distress and Poor Activity: Bacterial Meningitis in Neonates Discussion Further Reading Part II: Central Nervous System Infection Case 4. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever for 10 Days and Lethargy: Tuberculous Meningitis Discussion Further Reading Case 5. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Lethargy, and Bilious Vomiting and Petechiae and Purpura: Meningococcal Meningitis and Sepsis Discussion Further Reading Case 6. A 2-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease, and Myoclonic Jerk: Enterovirus A71 Infection Discussion Further Reading Case 7. A 15-Year-Old Adolescent with Right Upper Limb Weakness Following Upper Respiratory Infection: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Caused by Enterovirus D68 Discussion Further Reading Case 8. A 7-Year-Old Girl with Acute Onset of Hallucinations and Unsteady Gait: Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood Discussion Further Reading Case 9. A 5-Year-Old Girl with Acute Onset of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures for Ten Minutes: Mycoplasma Pneumoniae-Associated Encephalitis Discussion Further Reading Case 10. A 1-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Progressive Consciousness Change, and Seizure: Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis Discussion Further Reading Part III: Respiratory Tract Infection Case 11. A 14-Year-Old Boy with Nasal Congestion and Cough for Days Followed by a Tender Bulging Mass on the Forehead: Acute Bacterial Sinusitis and Associated Complications Discussion Further Reading Case 12. A 1-Year-3-Month-Old Boy with Cough, Rhinorrhea, Bilateral Eye Discharge, Fever, and Ear Discharge: Mastoiditis and Conjunctivitis-Otitis Media Syndrome Discussion Further Reading Case 13. A 3-Year-9-Month-Old Girl with Painful Swelling Over Left Face for 1 Week: Acute Parotitis Discussion Further Reading Case 14. A 5-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Sore Throat, Odynophagia, and Torticollis: Deep Neck Infection Discussion Further Reading Case 15. A 5-Year-Old Boy with Fever and a Painful Enlarging Erythematous Left Neck Mass: Pyriform Sinus Fistula with Infection Discussion Further Reading Case 16. A One-Month-Old Infant with Episodic Upward Gaze and Cyanotic Lips in 1 Day Following a 2-Day Cough: Pertussis with Encephalopathy Discussion Further Reading Case 17. A 6-Year-Old Girl with Fever for 1 Week, Productive Cough, Running Nose, Decreased Appetite, and Activity: Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Due to Adenovirus Discussion Further Reading Case 18. A 9-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Cough Followed by Hemoptysis and Dyspnea: Severe Influenza Virus Infections Discussion Further Reading Case 19. A One-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Cough, and Posttussive Vomiting: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Case Presentation Discussion Further Reading Case 20. A 4-Month-Old Male Infant with Dry Cough, Progressive Shortness of Breath: Cytomegalovirus Pneumonitis Discussion References Case 21. A 4-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Aggravated Cough, and Persistent Abdominal Pain: Pneumonia Presenting as Acute Abdomen Discussion Further Reading Case 22. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Followed by Thrombocytopenia and Anemia: Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Discussion Further Reading Case 23. A Cluster of Discussion Further Reading Case 24. A 13-Year-Old Girl with Fever for 13 Days and Cough and Dyspnea for 7 Days: Miliary Tuberculosis Discussion Further Reading Part IV: Heart Infection Case 25. A 12-Year-Old Female Adolescent with Fever, Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Right-Hand Purpura, and Headache: Infective Endocarditis Discussion Further Reading Case 26. A 7-Year-Old Girl with General Weakness, Fatigue, and a Feeling of Discomfort Following Influenza: Influenza Associated Myocarditis and Pericarditis Discussion Further Reading Case 27. A 9-Year-Old Boy with Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, Lethargy, Headache, and Fever for 2 Days: Coxsackievirus Myocarditis Discussion Further Reading Part V: Gastrointestinal Tract Infection Case 28. A 14-Year-Old Male Adolescent with Progressive Lethargy, Nausea, Shortness of Breath, and Weight Loss: Liver Abscess Discussion Further Reading Case 29. A 5-Month-Old Female Infant with Fever, Lethargy, Bulging Anterior Fontanelle Following Acute Gastroenteritis 2 Weeks Ago: Nontyphoidal Salmonella Enterocolitis with Invasive Diseases Discussion Further Reading Case 30. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Abdominal Pain, and Diarrhea Followed by Progressive Abdominal Distention: Salmonella Enterocolitis Complicated with Toxic Megacolon Discussion Further Reading Case 31. A 14-Year-Old Girl with Prolonged Fever: Typhoid Fever Discussion Further Reading Case 32. A 10-Year-Old Girl with Progressive Abdominal Distension and Intermittent Fever for 2 Months: Abdominal Tuberculosis Discussion Further Reading Part VI: Urinary Tract Infection Case 33. An 8-Month-Old Female Infant with Fever and Pyuria: Acute Lobar Nephronia Discussion Further Reading Case 34. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Fever for 2 Weeks despite Oral Antibiotic Therapy: Renal Abscess in Children Discussion Further Reading Part VII: Bone and Joint Infection Case 35. An 11-Month-Old Infant with Limping Gait for 1 Week: Osteomyelitis Caused by Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) Vaccine Discussion Further Reading Case 36. A 12-Year-Old Adolescent with Fever, Vomiting, General Skin Rash Following a Preceding Minor Trauma Over Left Hip: Disseminated Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection Discussion Further Reading Part VIII: Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Case 37. A 4-Year-Old Boy with Left Leg Pain and Limping Gait Following Mucoid Diarrhea 2 Weeks Ago: Salmonella Pyomyositis Discussion Further Reading Part IX: Other Specific Infection/Syndrome Case 38. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Sore Throat, and a Crusted Wound on the Left Flank: Scrub Typhus Discussion References Case 39. A 5-Month-Old Infant with Repeated Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Failure to Thrive: Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Discussion References Case 40. A 6-Year-Old Girl with Fever and Neck Lymph Nodes Enlargement: Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Discussion Further Reading Case 41. A 2-Year-Old with Fever, Progressive Lethargy and Skin Rash: Kawasaki Disease with Shock Syndrome Discussion Further Reading Case 42. A 6-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Sore Throat, Odynophagia, Dysphagia, and Cervical Mass: Lymph-Node-First Presentation Kawasaki Disease Discussion Further Reading Case 43. An 8-Year-Old with Fever, Headache, Muscle Ache, and Retro-Orbital Pain, Followed by Frequent Vomiting: Dengue Fever with Shock Discussion References Case 44. A 4-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Cough, Skin Rash, and Difficulty in Breathing: Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Discussion Further Reading Case 45. A 4-Year-Old Boy with Fever, General Skin Rash, Vomiting, and Diarrhea, Following an Operation for Bone Fracture: Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Discussion Further Reading Case 46. A 3-Year-Old Girl with Fever and Pancytopenia: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Discussion Further Reading Case 47. A 2-Month-Old Infant with Fever, Progressive Skin Rash and Eosinophilia: Drug-Induced Fever and Skin Rash in Children Discussion Further Reading Case 48. A 4-Month-Old Infant with Fever, Diarrhea, Followed by Abdominal Distention and an Ulcer-Like Skin Lesion: Community-Acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis (Shanghai Fever) Discussion Further Reading Case 49. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Erythematous Swelling in the Left Thigh Following DTaP-Hib-IPV Vaccination: Extensive Limb Swelling Following Vaccination Discussion Further Reading Case 50. A 9-Year-Old Girl with a Right Lateral Chest Wall Mass: Thoracic Actinomycosis Discussion Further Reading