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Q. If a 1 and 1/2 yrs old having a weight of 10 kg, cough for 15 days, fever for 15 days, Montoux negative, but CXR showing hilar prominence. Can we rule out TB just by neg Montoux as he is having good weight?
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Teaching Files/ Grand Rounds

A 6-year-old boy presented in August 2024 with high-grade fever for 15 days. There was no nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, loss of weight or appetite. On presentation, weight was 24 kg (between 75th-90th percentile according to Indian Academy of Ped ...
How to approach Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO) in a child?
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Diagnostic Dilemma

A 34 months old boy born of third-degree consanguineous marriage presented with loss of previously attained milestones following a febrile episode at 6 months of age. Till 6 months of age, the child was able to sit and babble which the child is not able to do now. He was a full-term delivered by ces ...
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