The authors conducted a retrospective review of cases of botulism in infants admitted to a Texas hospital from January 2010 to May 2018. They describe the epidemiology of infant botulism in Texas, along...
A 10-month-old girl presented to her pediatrician with uncontrolled movements of the eyes and possible hearing problems. Her mother stated that the child did not react when a fire alarm had gone off at...
Mycoplasma pneumoniae–induced rash and mucositis (MIRM) is a newly categorized clinical entity consisting of prominent mucositis and variable skin involvement in patients with a recent mycoplasma infection....
Meghana Vellanki, MD, and Jeffrey Gill, MD University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
Meghana Vellanki, MD, and Jeffrey Gill, MD
University of South Florida Morsani College ...
A 54-year-old man with a history of dysphagia and pacemaker placement for structural heart disease presented with left facial cellulitis and Streptococcus parasanguinis bacteremia.
A 21-month-old boy with a history of 32-week prematurity presented to the emergency department with a first-time seizure following 1 day of nonbilious, nonbloody emesis and 1 episode of nonbloody diarrhea.
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An 8-year-old previously healthy girl presented with a 36-hour history of waxing and waning abdominal pain with associated nausea. The pain had begun in the middle of the night, was localized just below the...
A 2-year-old previously healthy, fully-immunized right-hand–dominant boy presented to a children’s emergency department with acute-onset fever and paralysis of his right upper extremity.
Metronidazole is a commonly used antibiotic and antiprotozoal medication that is effective against trichomoniasis, amebiasis, and intra-abdominal and gynecologic infections caused by anaerobic bacteria. In...
During a medical mission to the indigenous Cabécar people of Costa Rica, a 9-year-old girl presented with a chief concern of fleabites of several months’ duration. On physical examination, the girl was...
