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Showing posts with label Infections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Infections. Show all posts
Friday, April 10, 2009
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Rashes, skin infections-links to pictures
Ever wonder what type of rash your child has? Here are a few links that may be helpful in determining what type of rash your child has! It shows pictures of Lyme disease, Mulluscum, ring worm, cellulitis, boils, pediatric scabies, dermatitis,moles, warts, herpes, etc. Check out the link below for pictures.
Rashes, dermatitis, molluscum and Abscesses
Rashes, dermatitis, molluscum and Abscesses
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Infections in Patients with Inherited Defects in Phagocytic Function
http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/16/4/597
Great article titled: Infections in Patients with Inherited Defects in Phagocytic Function
Great article titled: Infections in Patients with Inherited Defects in Phagocytic Function
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Infections in Neutropenics
From Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood 5th Edition:
"The most frequent types of pyogenic infections in patients with significant neutropenia are cutaneous cellulitis, superficial or deep cutaneous abscesses, furunculosis, pneumonia, and septicemia. Stomatitis, gingivitis, periodontitis, perirectal inflammation, and otitis media (especially in children) occur as well. However, neutropenia in and of itself does not heighten susceptibility of patients to viral, fungal, and parasitic infections or to bacterial meningitis. the most commonly isolated organisims from neutropenic patients are S. aureus and gram-negative bacteria. The usual signs and symptoms of local infection--such as exudates, fluctuation, ulceration, and regional adenopathy--are much less evident in neutropenic patients than they are in non-neutropenic individuals."
"The most frequent types of pyogenic infections in patients with significant neutropenia are cutaneous cellulitis, superficial or deep cutaneous abscesses, furunculosis, pneumonia, and septicemia. Stomatitis, gingivitis, periodontitis, perirectal inflammation, and otitis media (especially in children) occur as well. However, neutropenia in and of itself does not heighten susceptibility of patients to viral, fungal, and parasitic infections or to bacterial meningitis. the most commonly isolated organisims from neutropenic patients are S. aureus and gram-negative bacteria. The usual signs and symptoms of local infection--such as exudates, fluctuation, ulceration, and regional adenopathy--are much less evident in neutropenic patients than they are in non-neutropenic individuals."
Neutrophil Counts and Susceptibility to Infections
From the Hematology of Infancy and Childhood (5th Edition):
"Individual patients may be characterized as having mild neutropenia with neutrophil counts of 1000 to 1500 cells/uL, moderate neutropenia with counts of 500 to 1000 cells/uL, and severe neutropenia with counts generally fewer than 500 cells/uL. This stratification is useful for predicting the risk of pyogenic infections, because only patients with severe neutropenia have increased susceptibility to life-threatening infection, particularly if the neutropenia persists for more than a few
days. Endogenous bacteria are the most frequent invaders, but colonization with a variety of organisms of nosocomial origin is also common.
Susceptibility to bacterial infection, even with severe neutropenia, is quite variable. For example, some patients with chronic neutropenia due to autoantibodies do not experience serious infections over a period of many years even with neutrophil counts as low as 200 cells/uL (or even lower), most likely because these individuals have normocellular bone marrow."
"Individual patients may be characterized as having mild neutropenia with neutrophil counts of 1000 to 1500 cells/uL, moderate neutropenia with counts of 500 to 1000 cells/uL, and severe neutropenia with counts generally fewer than 500 cells/uL. This stratification is useful for predicting the risk of pyogenic infections, because only patients with severe neutropenia have increased susceptibility to life-threatening infection, particularly if the neutropenia persists for more than a few
days. Endogenous bacteria are the most frequent invaders, but colonization with a variety of organisms of nosocomial origin is also common.
Susceptibility to bacterial infection, even with severe neutropenia, is quite variable. For example, some patients with chronic neutropenia due to autoantibodies do not experience serious infections over a period of many years even with neutrophil counts as low as 200 cells/uL (or even lower), most likely because these individuals have normocellular bone marrow."
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