JUNE 2011 Newsletter Volume-8 Issue- 6

4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference

ISSN 0973 - 0958

June 2011 Volume-8 Issue-6

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June 2011 Volume-8 Issue-6 (ISSN - 0973-0958)

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DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA

A 10 years old girl presented to us with jaundice for 10 days and fever for 3 days. On examination, there was icterus, purpura, ecchymoses, anemia and firm liver of 6-7 cm below costal margin {which made us think of acute on chronic liver disease}. There was no lymphadenopathy or splenomegaly.

What is the diagnosis and what more investigations can be done and any other treatment?

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TEACHING FILES

Ira Shah

An 18 months old child presented with pulmonary TB and HIV disease. He had failure to thrive {height = 71 cm, weight = 7 kg} with delayed development and hepatosplenomegaly. He was started on TMP-SMX prophylaxis but developed urticaria and thus was stopped. His CD4 count was 30 percent.

What is the diagnosis?

Read the entire teaching clinical query in the section of "TEACHING FILES" and try the correct answer.

Last month's teaching file: A 15 month old girl presented with excessive sleepiness for 3 days and fever for 1 day. She had a boil over left lower abdomen 8 days back which has ruptured and left behind an ulcer over the abdomen for past 3 days. There is no history of contact with TB. On examination, she is drowsy, has no BCG scar, has an ulcer over left abdomen, no meningeal signs, right sided lateral rectus palsy and hepatomegaly. What is the diagnosis?

Answer: Excessive Sleepiness

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Sushant S Mane, Kavisha B Chaudhari, Ashok D Rathod, Asad Khan Pathan Thalassemia Major - Advantages of Separate Thalassemia Unit with Regards to Awareness and Compliance Read more...

CASE REPORTS
K Jagadish Kumar, M G Anil Kumar, Mitun Jain, H C Krishna Kumar, V G Manjunath, S Mamatha Eventration of Diaphragm Presenting With Recurrent Chest Infections Read more...

LETTER TO EDITOR (VIEWER'S CHOICE)
Vaishakhi T Rustagi, Vaman V Khadilkar, Anuradha V Khadilkar Pseudoprecocious Puberty in a Child with a Testicular Tumor. Read more... Ashwin Borade, Ritesh Radhakrishnan Palliana, D K Singh Pentalogy of Cantrell. Read more...

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Nutrition Facts

Community Level Micronutrient Deficiency in Preschoolers. As per recent estimates, globally 20% of young children are underweight, 32% are stunted and 10% are wasted, over 50% of world's undernourished children are in South Asia.

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