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  • Molluscum Contagiosum
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    Contagiosum See also Eczema Key points Molluscum Contagiosum Virus (Molluscum) is a common viral infection … of childhood that causes a self-limiting infection of the skin Investigations are not required and most … viral infection of childhood that causes a benign and self-limiting infection of the skin Lesions can …
  • Rabies and Australian Bat Lyssavirus post exposure prophylaxis
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    and other bacterial skin infections Key points Rabies is a vaccine-preventable disease Post-exposure … proven Incubation period varies from 5 days to many years The virus infects the nervous system resulting … the infection risk If the wound is open: clean ± debride, do not suture Post-exposure prophylaxis from mammals …
  • Cough
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    Foreign body Croup Key points The most common cause of cough is an upper respiratory tract infection … 6-12 respiratory tract infections per year, usually accompanied by cough. In most children, the cough … in children is a viral upper respiratory tract infection or post-infectious cough. The likelihood of other …
  • Suprapubic aspirate
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    See also Urinary tract infection Febrile child Acute pain management Key Points Suprapubic aspirate … important to confirm a UTI, eg in a child with recurrent urinary tract infections with positive cultures … skin infection Potential complications Common: Microscopic haematuria Rare: Macroscopic haematuria …
  • Acquired Torticollis
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    the child has signs of fever, infection or abnormal neurology, appropriate imaging should be performed … Atlantoaxial rotary subluxation/fixation Infection: head and neck, spine, CNS or upper lobe chest Inflammation … of trauma Infective symptoms: fever  (see Febrile child), increased drooling , sore throat, dysphagia …
  • COVID-19
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    severely affected by COVID-19 than adults, including those infected with newer variants such as the Delta … COVID-19) are a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections Like other viruses, SARS-CoV-2 … of a localised infective focus and clinical syndrome (eg bronchiolitis) Maintain a low threshold for assessment …
  • The penis and foreskin
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    Inflammation and infection Balanitis and inflammation Minor redness and/or soreness of the tip of the foreskin … during acute inflammation is not recommended as this can lead to paraphimosis Infection and cellulitis … Secondary bacterial infection can occur, with erythema or lymphangitis tracking proximal to distal along …
  • Empiric treatment of infectious diseases in Ebola suspect
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    infection can be excluded (by a negative Ebola PCR at 72 hours after symptom onset), the routine blood tests … the possibility of co-existing Ebola infection Other routine tests (eg white cell count, blood culture, LFTs, CSF … Diseases team is also recommended . See also: Infection control Ebola resources Ebola virus management …
  • Vulval and Vaginal Conditions
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    Sexually transmitted infections Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain Adolescent gynaecology - … vaginal or perineal pain and/or itch Children with recurrent urinary tract infection symptoms but negative … Pinworms Bacterial overgrowth Foreign body Sexually transmitted infections Vaginal foreign body Trauma …
  • HSV Gingivostomatitis
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    be administered to immunocompromised children Background Primary herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is usually …), herpetic keratitis, oesophagitis, pneumonitis, lip adhesions and secondary infections Differential … Reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME) Assessment History Primary HSV infection occurs …