November 2011 Newsletter Volume-8 Issue- 11

4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference

ISSN 0973 - 0958

November 2011 Volume-8 Issue- 11

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November 2011 Volume-8 Issue- 11 (ISSN - 0973-0958)

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DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA
A 7 years old boy had left hip arthritis 4 months back for which arthrotomy was done and pus showed mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) sensitive to all first line drugs. His hemogram 4 months ago showed lymphopenia (882 cells/cu mm) which again after 4 months of antituberculous therapy was 1364 cells/cu mm. HIV ELISA was negative. What is the cause of lymphopenia? Read more...

TEACHING FILES

Ira Shah

A 10 month old girl presented with not gaining weight, recurrent loose motions and fever since 3 months of age. She has delayed milestones and has achieved only head holding and social smile. On examination, she was wasted (weight = 3.5 kg, length = 60 cm), had oral thrush and loss of subcutaneous fat. There were no lymphadenopathy and tonsils were absent. Systemic examination was normal.

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 4½ month old boy presented with intermittent fever and gradual distension of abdomen since 2 months and self limited oral ulcers 7 days back. On examination, he had splenohepatomegaly. Investigations showed thrombocytopenia, normal liver function tests, negative TORCH titles, reduced megakaryocytes on bone marrow aspiration. What further tests should be done to diagnose this child ?

Answer: Child was HIV infected

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EDUCATIONAL ARTICLE
Sunita Arora, Neha Singla Lactose Intolerance in Infants, Children, and Adolescents Read more...

CASE REPORTS
Rebecca Schein, Melanie Osby, James Homans Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus sepsis in a neonate: case report and review of the literature Read more...

LETTER TO EDITOR (VIEWERS CHOICE)
Anand K Agarwal, Benjamin Sagavaraj, Uma A N, V T Ramakrishnan Congenital Talipes Equines Varus as an Additional Malformation of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Read more... Amit Agrawal, Rashmi Agrawal Sever's disease: A common but commonly undiagnosed cause of heel pain in growing children Read more...

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A one day old male newborn presented with sloughing and blistering of the skin since birth. Nikolky's sign was negative. Nails were dystrophic. Systemic examination was normal. What is the diagnosis?

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