"This book aims to provide readers updated information on diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in children, especially those prevailing in Asian countries. Each chapter presents with one to two typical clinical cases first and then introduces the epidemiology, and the pearls of clinical skills in diagnosis and treatment of most frequent infectious pediatric diseases occurred in respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, bone/joint, skin and soft tissue . Infectious diseases in neonates, vaccine-associated adverse effects, and specific syndromes prevailing in Asian countries are also discussed with details. Written by experts in the field, this case-based book will be a useful reference for infectious disease researchers and paediatricians, as well as those who are interested in related field."
Author(s): Yhu-Chering Huang, Ping-Ing Lee, Po-Yen Chen
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 238
City: Singapore
Preface
Contents
Part I: Neonatal Infection
Case 1. A 6-Day-Old Female Newborn with Fever and Decreased Appetite and Activity: Enteroviral Infection in Neonates
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 2. 17-Day-Old Female Baby with Fever and Decreased Appetite and Activity: Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Neonates and Children
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 3. A Premature Newborn with Respiratory Distress and Poor Activity: Bacterial Meningitis in Neonates
Discussion
Further Reading
Part II: Central Nervous System Infection
Case 4. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever for 10 Days and Lethargy: Tuberculous Meningitis
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 5. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Lethargy, and Bilious Vomiting and Petechiae and Purpura: Meningococcal Meningitis and Sepsis
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 6. A 2-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease, and Myoclonic Jerk: Enterovirus A71 Infection
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 7. A 15-Year-Old Adolescent with Right Upper Limb Weakness Following Upper Respiratory Infection: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Caused by Enterovirus D68
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 8. A 7-Year-Old Girl with Acute Onset of Hallucinations and Unsteady Gait: Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 9. A 5-Year-Old Girl with Acute Onset of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures for Ten Minutes: Mycoplasma Pneumoniae-Associated Encephalitis
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 10. A 1-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Progressive Consciousness Change, and Seizure: Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis
Discussion
Further Reading
Part III: Respiratory Tract Infection
Case 11. A 14-Year-Old Boy with Nasal Congestion and Cough for Days Followed by a Tender Bulging Mass on the Forehead: Acute Bacterial Sinusitis and Associated Complications
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 12. A 1-Year-3-Month-Old Boy with Cough, Rhinorrhea, Bilateral Eye Discharge, Fever, and Ear Discharge: Mastoiditis and Conjunctivitis-Otitis Media Syndrome
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 13. A 3-Year-9-Month-Old Girl with Painful Swelling Over Left Face for 1 Week: Acute Parotitis
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 14. A 5-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Sore Throat, Odynophagia, and Torticollis: Deep Neck Infection
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 15. A 5-Year-Old Boy with Fever and a Painful Enlarging Erythematous Left Neck Mass: Pyriform Sinus Fistula with Infection
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 16. A One-Month-Old Infant with Episodic Upward Gaze and Cyanotic Lips in 1 Day Following a 2-Day Cough: Pertussis with Encephalopathy
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 17. A 6-Year-Old Girl with Fever for 1 Week, Productive Cough, Running Nose, Decreased Appetite, and Activity: Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Due to Adenovirus
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 18. A 9-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Cough Followed by Hemoptysis and Dyspnea: Severe Influenza Virus Infections
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 19. A One-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Cough, and Posttussive Vomiting: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
Case Presentation
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 20. A 4-Month-Old Male Infant with Dry Cough, Progressive Shortness of Breath: Cytomegalovirus Pneumonitis
Discussion
References
Case 21. A 4-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Aggravated Cough, and Persistent Abdominal Pain: Pneumonia Presenting as Acute Abdomen
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 22. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Followed by Thrombocytopenia and Anemia: Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 23. A Cluster of
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 24. A 13-Year-Old Girl with Fever for 13 Days and Cough and Dyspnea for 7 Days: Miliary Tuberculosis
Discussion
Further Reading
Part IV: Heart Infection
Case 25. A 12-Year-Old Female Adolescent with Fever, Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Right-Hand Purpura, and Headache: Infective Endocarditis
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 26. A 7-Year-Old Girl with General Weakness, Fatigue, and a Feeling of Discomfort Following Influenza: Influenza Associated Myocarditis and Pericarditis
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 27. A 9-Year-Old Boy with Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, Lethargy, Headache, and Fever for 2 Days: Coxsackievirus Myocarditis
Discussion
Further Reading
Part V: Gastrointestinal Tract Infection
Case 28. A 14-Year-Old Male Adolescent with Progressive Lethargy, Nausea, Shortness of Breath, and Weight Loss: Liver Abscess
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 29. A 5-Month-Old Female Infant with Fever, Lethargy, Bulging Anterior Fontanelle Following Acute Gastroenteritis 2 Weeks Ago: Nontyphoidal Salmonella Enterocolitis with Invasive Diseases
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 30. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Abdominal Pain, and Diarrhea Followed by Progressive Abdominal Distention: Salmonella Enterocolitis Complicated with Toxic Megacolon
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 31. A 14-Year-Old Girl with Prolonged Fever: Typhoid Fever
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 32. A 10-Year-Old Girl with Progressive Abdominal Distension and Intermittent Fever for 2 Months: Abdominal Tuberculosis
Discussion
Further Reading
Part VI: Urinary Tract Infection
Case 33. An 8-Month-Old Female Infant with Fever and Pyuria: Acute Lobar Nephronia
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 34. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Fever for 2 Weeks despite Oral Antibiotic Therapy: Renal Abscess in Children
Discussion
Further Reading
Part VII: Bone and Joint Infection
Case 35. An 11-Month-Old Infant with Limping Gait for 1 Week: Osteomyelitis Caused by Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) Vaccine
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 36. A 12-Year-Old Adolescent with Fever, Vomiting, General Skin Rash Following a Preceding Minor Trauma Over Left Hip: Disseminated Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection
Discussion
Further Reading
Part VIII: Skin and Soft Tissue Infection
Case 37. A 4-Year-Old Boy with Left Leg Pain and Limping Gait Following Mucoid Diarrhea 2 Weeks Ago: Salmonella Pyomyositis
Discussion
Further Reading
Part IX: Other Specific Infection/Syndrome
Case 38. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Sore Throat, and a Crusted Wound on the Left Flank: Scrub Typhus
Discussion
References
Case 39. A 5-Month-Old Infant with Repeated Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Failure to Thrive: Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Discussion
References
Case 40. A 6-Year-Old Girl with Fever and Neck Lymph Nodes Enlargement: Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 41. A 2-Year-Old with Fever, Progressive Lethargy and Skin Rash: Kawasaki Disease with Shock Syndrome
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 42. A 6-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Sore Throat, Odynophagia, Dysphagia, and Cervical Mass: Lymph-Node-First Presentation Kawasaki Disease
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 43. An 8-Year-Old with Fever, Headache, Muscle Ache, and Retro-Orbital Pain, Followed by Frequent Vomiting: Dengue Fever with Shock
Discussion
References
Case 44. A 4-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Cough, Skin Rash, and Difficulty in Breathing: Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 45. A 4-Year-Old Boy with Fever, General Skin Rash, Vomiting, and Diarrhea, Following an Operation for Bone Fracture: Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 46. A 3-Year-Old Girl with Fever and Pancytopenia: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 47. A 2-Month-Old Infant with Fever, Progressive Skin Rash and Eosinophilia: Drug-Induced Fever and Skin Rash in Children
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 48. A 4-Month-Old Infant with Fever, Diarrhea, Followed by Abdominal Distention and an Ulcer-Like Skin Lesion: Community-Acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis (Shanghai Fever)
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 49. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Erythematous Swelling in the Left Thigh Following DTaP-Hib-IPV Vaccination: Extensive Limb Swelling Following Vaccination
Discussion
Further Reading
Case 50. A 9-Year-Old Girl with a Right Lateral Chest Wall Mass: Thoracic Actinomycosis
Discussion
Further Reading
