Immunology and Allergies — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: _____ is the most common inflammatory myopathy in children

Answer: Dermatomyositis

Flashcard 12: Which laboratory test is diagnostic of juvenile idiopathic arthritis?_____

Answer: None

Flashcard 13: Varicella and MMR vaccines can be given in HIV-infected children if the CD4 percentage is _____%

Answer: > 15%

Extra: Live vaccines are generally contraindicated in severely immunocompromised patients. In HIV-infected children, MMR and Varicella can be administered if the CD4 percentage is > 15%. **OPV is strictly contraindicated** in all immunocompromised individuals and their household contacts due to the risk of vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP).

Flashcard 14: Patients with Kawasaki disease who have received IVIG should not receive live attenuated vaccines for _____ months after IVIG administration

Answer: 11 months

Flashcard 15: What is the pattern of fever in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA)?_____

Answer: Quotidian

Flashcard 16: Chronic uveitis in patients with _____ can lead to band shaped keratopathy

Answer: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory disorder)

Flashcard 17: _____ aplasia or hypoplasia is a specific anomaly associated with vitamin A use during pregnancy

Answer: Thymic

Flashcard 18: Which subtype of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is characteristically associated with a positive Rheumatoid Factor (RF)?

Answer: Polyarticular JIA

Flashcard 19: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) factor is _____ in systemic-onset JIA

Answer: negative

Flashcard 20: What area is relatively spared in infants with atopic dermatitis?_____

Answer: Napkin area