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Pediatric Infectious Disease CASE STUDY PHOTOS. Pisespong Patamasucon, MD. Bordella Pertussis. How do you confirm your diagnosis? PCR of NP specimen Do you recommend that the patient be excluded from group setting? YES If your answer is “yes”, for how long?
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Pediatric Infectious DiseaseCASE STUDY PHOTOS Pisespong Patamasucon, MD
How do you confirm your diagnosis? PCR of NP specimen Do you recommend that the patient be excluded from group setting? YES If your answer is “yes”, for how long? Until 5 days after initiation of treatment
How do you plan to take care of close contacts? Less than 7 years without prior vaccination should have pertussis vaccine post exposure. Chemomoprophylaxis for all household contact.
How do you plan to treat? Oral TMP/SMZ, oral Clindamycin, oral Doxycycline if > 7 years old How do you manage if this is the 3rd round of the infection? Nasal (Bactoban) Mupirocin bid x 5 days, Clorox (Bleach) body bath 15 minutes twice/week
Name 3 serious complications of orbital infection. Cavernous sinus thrombosis Meningitis Blindness
What is the most common problem in this disease in the USA? Incomplete sepological follow up after treatment in the mother How do you plan to diagnose and treat? Non-treponemal test RPR, VDRL Specific treponemal test FTA-ABS, MHA- TP
Congenital Herpes X X XX X X X XX X X X X X X
When do you suspect congenital herpes? Progressive pneumonia and liver impairment in less than 6-week-old infant with fever and seizure How many forms of presentation of this condition? SEM Disseminated Encephalitis
What is the main cause of this condition? Pseudomonias aeruginosa What is your choice of therapy? Name 3 Ticarcillin or timentin Piperacillin or zosyn Cefepime or ceftazidime Aminoglycosides
Name 3 bad prognostic signs/symptoms/labs Leukopenia Thrombocytopenia Shock Name 1 good prognostic sign/symptom/lab Meningitis
How do you diagnose this condition? Clinical and serum amylase and serology How long before the patient can go back to school? 9 days after onset of swelling
Name 3 characteristics of scarlet fever Pastia sign Scarlatiniform rash (sand paper-like) Circum oral pallor Strawberry tongue Desquamation of the skin
Name 3 complications of this condition Secondary bacterial skin infection Necrotizing fasciitis Pneumonia Cerebellar ataxia
Name the etiologic agent Coxsackie virus What is a rare but deadly complication? Myocarditis
Should you exclude the patient from school? No, if the patient can control the oral secretion
What cause this syndrome? C. tetani How do you treat? Antispasm – diazepam Quiet room Penicillin Tetanus Immunoglobulin (TIG)
What is the major concern of rotavirus vaccine? Intussusception