Esophagitis is usually caused by gastroesophageal reflux and other noninfectious processes. Infectious esophagitis is distinct from other gastrointestinal infections in that it generally occurs in immunocompromised children and adults and…
Prostatitis, a major source of chronic infection and symptoms in men, occurs rarely in prepubertal children. Although prostatitis may develop in postpubertal teenagers, even in this age group the diagnosis…
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common serious bacterial infections in children. In several series of children evaluated for fever, UTIs accounted for 5% to 6% of infections. They…
Although acute pyelonephritis is a common infection in children, the primary development of a renal abscess or progression of pyelonephritis to a renal or perinephric abscess is an uncommon occurrence….
Urethritis is an inflammation of the urethra and periurethral tissues in males and females. It may be associated with a variety of infectious and noninfectious disorders. Epidemiology The cause of…
Parainfectious and Postinfectious Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System Stuart R. Tomko Timothy E. Lotze Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a monophasic demyelinating disease of the central nervous…
Encephalitis is one of the most challenging syndromes for physicians to manage, especially because of the high morbidity and mortality and the vast number of causes that need to be…
Aseptic meningitis is an inflammatory process of the meninges. It is relatively common and is caused by many different entities. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is characterized by pleocytosis, normal or…
Introduction Eosinophilic meningitis is a T-helper type 2 (T h 2)-mediated host immune reaction triggered by either infectious or noninfectious etiologies leading to central nervous system (CNS) disease. Defined as…
Brain Abscess Brain abscesses in children remain a rare entity and, as a result, their management is guided largely by clinical experience and the results of case series. Twenty-five percent…
