Peds 12 Flashcards
Tx of cat scratch fever
Macrolides
Tx of bacillary angiomatosis
Doxycycline or Macrolides
Sx of Brucellosis
Fever, chills, anorexia, hepatosplenomegaly, osteomyolitis
Tx of Brucellosis
Tetracyclines
Tx of Tularemia
Aminoglycosides (streptomycin)
Stage 1 of Lyme disease
- Erythema chronic migrans (Bulls eye rash)
- Fever and sweats
Stage 2 of lyme disease
Heart block
Bell’s palsy
Stage 3 of Lyme disease
- Joint pain - migratory polyarthritis
- Encephalopathy
Tx of Lyme disease
Stage 1 = doxycycline
Later stages = ceftriaxone
Tx of Immune thrombocytopenia
- Usually a self-limited disease – observe and get a peripheral blood smear to rule out other disease
- Steroids and IVIG (autoimmune treatment) – if severe bleeding
What is CHARGE syndrome
• Coloboma (congenital malformation of eye), Heart defects, Atresia choanae, Retardation of growth/development, Genitourinary anomalies, Ear abnormaltiie/deafness
What bug presents with grayish ulcerated lesions on posterior pharynx
Herpangina caused by Coxsackie virus
Describe pathophys of agammagloblulinemia
♣ Defect in BTK gene (tyrosine kinase)
♣ No B-cell maturation
♣ Decrease in all immunoglobulin levels
Clinical manifestations of agammaglobulinemia
♣ Recurrent sinopulmonary and GI infections
♣ Absence of lymphoid tissue on exam (e.g. tonsils, lymph nodes)
Lab findings of agamma
♣ Decreased immunoglobulins and B cells
♣ Normal T cell concentration
♣ No response to vaccinations
Tx of Brutons
aka agamma
♣ Immunoglobulin replacement therapy
♣ Prophylactic antibiotics if severe
Contact dermatitis (poison ivy) is a Type __ HSR?
Type IV = T-cell mediated
Thumb print sign on X-ray = ?
Epiglottitis
Complications that can occur with slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
Osteonecrosis and chondrolysis