Infections Complicating Chronic Diseases Certain chronic diseases of children are associated with a higher than expected frequency of infectious complications. Some of these patients are immunocompromised hosts (ICH) and their…
Exposure Problems In the patient who presents with symptoms consistent with an infectious process, an exposure history is one of the most important pieces of information to elicit. Many infectious…
HIV Infection and AIDS Introduction This chapter will discuss several aspects of HIV infection and AIDS, including maternal-infant transmission, diagnostic tests, treatments, and prognosis. Detailed information about management of these…
Perinatal Syndromes This chapter is divided into the following sections: Prenatal infections (alphabetized by disease) Exposures during pregnancy Chronic congenital infection (“TORCH syndrome”) Neonatal sepsis and meningitis Miscellaneous neonatal infections…
Cardiovascular Syndromes Inflammatory processes involving the heart are usually classified as pericarditis, myocarditis, or endocarditis, including valvulitis. When all three of these processes are present, the inflammation is called “pancarditis.”…
Skin and Soft-Tissue Syndromes Skin infections should be distinguished from exanthems, which are rashes associated with a generalized febrile disease and are discussed in Chapter 11. A primary skin infection…
Orthopedic Syndromes Orthopedic (bone and joint) infections can be classified into syndromes according to the anatomic area involved and the rate of onset. Acute arthritis can be defined as a…
Genital Syndromes Definitions A genital infection can be defined as any infection involving the reproductive organs. “Venereal disease” is an older phrase for a disease usually spread by sexual contact,…
Urinary Syndromes Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections in children, affecting approximately 8% of girls and 2% of boys in the first 6 years…
Hepatitis Syndromes Hepatitis is injury to the liver, with or without hepatocyte necrosis, which results in an influx of acute or chronic inflammatory cells. Damage to the liver cell membrane…
