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Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Clinical Algorithm ... department with fever ... developed by the American ... #Diagnosis #Management ... UrinaryTract #Pediatrics #Fever
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... “low risk” an infant ... with fever without ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... Peds #Febrile #Infant
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
donovani, Leishmania infantum ... East and Latin America ... 2-6 months • Fever ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
The Febrile Infant ... This is an algorithm ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... Stratification #Fever
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Treatment: ... Chagas #Disease #American ... #Management #Microbiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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reported in Latin America ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Infants ≤6 months ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... echo is positive, treatment ... within 10 d of fever ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... eating habits • Infants ... Ill temper • Fever ... Psychiatric symptoms ... vasculitis Treatment
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Treatment: ... Chagas #Disease #American ... #Management #Microbiology