Gastrointestinal Infections — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Most serious complication of rubella is _____

Answer: encephalitis

Flashcard 2: What are the 4 C's of Measles?_____Coryza (runny/stuffy nose due to inflammation)ConjunctivitisKoplik spots

Answer: Cough

Flashcard 3: Which vaccines can be caught-up if at least one dose has been given already before one year of age?_____

Answer: Pentavalent, PCV, IPV and Rotavirus

Flashcard 4: _____ and CMV are 2 ToRCHeS infections that are associated with a "blueberry muffin" rash.

Answer: Rubella

Flashcard 5: Isolation of a child with meningitis is recommended until _____ hrs after the initiation of effective therapy.

Answer: 24

Flashcard 6: Severe, permanent symptoms of congenital_____ infection are remembered via the mnemonic MR DICS

Answer: CMV

Flashcard 7: HIV progression is _____ in infants and children

Answer: rapid

Flashcard 8: A **fully immunized** child is one who has received all vaccines due by the age of _____.

Answer: 1 year

Extra: A child is 'fully' immunized if they receive all vaccines due by 1 year of age. They are 'completely' immunized if they receive all vaccines due by 2 years of age.

Flashcard 9: _____ is aka 100 days cough

Answer: Pertussis

Extra: Also known as whooping cough. caused by Bordetella pertussis.

Flashcard 10: A rare, late complication of natural measles infection is _____

Answer: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)

Extra: The measles vaccine does not cause SSPE; it prevents it by protecting against natural (wild-type) measles infection. SSPE is caused by a persistent, mutated measles virus in the CNS.