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Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
for Neutropenic Enterocolitis ... #Neutropenic #Enterocolitis
Typhlitis - Neutropenic Enterocolitis

Pathophysiology:
 • Chemo → friable intestinal mucosa → bacterial translocation +/- perforation
Presentation:
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- Neutropenic Enterocolitis ... #Neutropenic #Enterocolitis
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Plague • Yersinia enterocolitica ... - Enterocolitis
Yersiniosis - Yersinia Enterocolitica

Clinical 
• Nausea and vomiting 
• Diarrhea 
• Abdominal pain 
• Fever 
Post-Infectious
Yersiniosis - Yersinia Enterocolitica ... Yersiniosis #Yersinia #Enterocolitica
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Ascariasis, Tuberculous enterocolitis
Pathogens Causing Bloody Diarrhea = SEECSY Mnemonic

SEECSY= Bloody diarrhea doesn’t sounds SEXY 
S = Salmonella
E =
Y = Yersinia Enterocolitica
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Plesiomonas, Yersinia enterocolitica
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Causes of Intrahepatic Gas
Non-Iatrogenic:
 • Biliary: Emphysematous cholecystitis, Ascending cholangitis, Enteric-biliary fistula, Biliary-bronchopleural fistula, Congenital incompetent
Vein: Necrotizing enterocolitis