Patient Story Print Section Listen A 12-year-old girl presents with fatigue, palpitations, and inability to sleep. She has been an excellent student in school but has had increasing difficulty concentrating…

Patient Story Print Section Listen A 7-day-old infant is seen in the emergency department because of a rash that was noted on the infant’s trunk and back. The rash consisted…

Patient Story Print Section Listen A 13-month-old previously healthy boy was admitted to the hospital with a 7-day history of high fever and marked irritability. Over the past 3 days,…

Patient Story Print Section Listen A 4-year-old boy presented with a one-year history of skin redness and tightening over the right upper extremity. His mother had initially noticed the lesion…

Patient Story Print Section Listen A 12-year-old boy developed fever to 38.9ºC and felt ill. Over the next 2 days, he developed a red spots on his hands and arms,…

Patient Stories Print Section Listen A 6-month-old girl is seen by her pediatrician for because her mother is concerned about a white coating on the infant’s tongue and poor feeding….

Patient Story Print Section Listen A previously healthy 16-year-old African American girl presented to the clinic with alopecia and rash over her face and arms for 6 months (Figures 173-1…

Patient Story Print Section Listen A 16-year-old boy comes to see his pediatrician because of a 7-day history of intense sore throat, fever, malaise, and abdominal pain. He also complains…

Print Section Listen Gastrointestinal infections can be caused by a wide variety of infectious agents, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites. In this chapter, common viral and bacterial causes of diarrhea…

Patient Story Print Section Listen An 11-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with a 12-hour history of fever, rash over his trunk, vomiting, and diarrhea. In the emergency department,…