Common associations and gold standards Flashcards
Bloody mucopurulent eye discharge and conjunctivitis w staccato cough
Chlamydia
Chlamydia gold standard diagnostic test
Culture. Highly specific and sensitive. NAAT tests are not approved for prepubertal children.
Swollen conjunctiva with exudate that is thick/mucopurulent, and sometimes bloody
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea diagnostic test
Culture. Highly specific and sensitive. NAAT tests are not approved for prepubertal children.
Snuffles
Pseudparalysis of parrot
Weirdly angled teeth
Syphyilis
Syphilis diagnostic test
VDRL (non treponemal)
Grouped vesicles w erythematous base, clear or cloudy fluid, may be limited to skin eyes and mouth in neonate
Herpes
Retinitis and penumonitis.
Sensorineural hearing loss
CMV
CMV diagnostic
Isolate CMV from infant urine, parhynx or peripheral blood leukocytes within 1st 3 weeks.
PCR
Blue berry muffin lesion, cataracts, deafness
Rubella
Hepatitis B incubation period
60 to 150 days
Infection from undercooked meat, unwashed fruits and vegetables, cat litter, and soil.
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis incubation period
7 days with a range of 4 to 21 days
Triad of Chorioretinitis, intracranial calcification, and hydrocephalus
Toxoplasmosis
Short palpebral fissure Thin vermilion border Smooth philtrum 2 or more Growth deficiency, def brain growth, neuro impairment
FAS
Hypotonia, large appearing tongue, small mouth, upward slanting eyes
Down syndrome
Cauliflower like warts that are friable.
HPV
Testing modality of choice for TB in child >5
IGRA
Koplik spots (small white spots w a bluish white center on an erythematous background)
Measels
What not to give a kid with influenza
Aspirin
High fever with chills, rigor, sweats, and paroxysmal headache
Malaria
Strawberry tongue
Kawasaki/Scarlet fever
Photophobia, abnormal overflow of tears, blepharospasm
Glaucoma
Opthalmoplegia (paralysis of eye muscle) and proptosis (protrusion of eyeball)
Orbital cellulitis
Flashing light sensation
Retinal detachment
Pertussis diagnostic
Culture for B pertussis. Collect from nasopharynx w a dacron or calcium alginate fiber tipped swab into a special transport medium
Cherry red spot in retina with developmental regression
Tay sach’s