Infectious Disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 231: What is the next step in management for a child that presents with a runny nose, cough, and pharyngeal vesicles? _____

Answer: Reassurance and observation

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Flashcard 232: How does intussusception present? _____

Answer: Abrupt onset of colicky abdominal pain in an otherwise healthy baby

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Flashcard 233: What is the diagnosis in a young patient with anterior cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and bruising? _____

Answer: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Flashcard 234: Patients with a history of _____ are particularly susceptible to HSV conjunctivitis

Answer: atopic dermatitis

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Flashcard 235: The acute form of ITP commonly arises in _____ (age group) weeks after a viral infection or immunization

Answer: children

Flashcard 236: _____ the most common congenital infection (developed world)

Answer: CMV

Flashcard 237: _____ viral lesions affect the trunk

Answer: Chickenpox (Smallpox or Chickenpox)

Flashcard 238: When does common variable immunodeficiency typically present? _____

Answer: After age 2

Flashcard 239: _____ is the most common cause of atypical pneumonia in infants

Answer: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Flashcard 240: Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis often develop a _____ in their eye

Answer: uveitis