The authors conducted a retrospective review of cases of botulism in infants admitted to a Texas hospital from January 2010 to May 2018. They describe the epidemiology of infant botulism in Texas, along...
A 10-month-old girl presented to her pediatrician with uncontrolled movements of the eyes and possible hearing problems. Her mother stated that the child did not react when a fire alarm had gone off at...
Mycoplasma pneumoniae–induced rash and mucositis (MIRM) is a newly categorized clinical entity consisting of prominent mucositis and variable skin involvement in patients with a recent mycoplasma infection....
Meghana Vellanki, MD, and Jeffrey Gill, MD University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
Meghana Vellanki, MD, and Jeffrey Gil...
A 54-year-old man with a history of dysphagia and pacemaker placement for structural heart disease presented with left facial cellulitis and Streptococcus parasanguinis bacteremia.
A 21-month-old boy with a history of 32-week prematurity presented to the emergency department with a first-time seizure following 1 day of nonbilious, nonbloody emesis and 1 episode of nonbloody diarrhea.
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An 8-year-old previously healthy girl presented with a 36-hour history of waxing and waning abdominal pain with associated nausea. The pain had begun in the middle of the night, was localized just below the...
A 2-year-old previously healthy, fully-immunized right-hand–dominant boy presented to a children’s emergency department with acute-onset fever and paralysis of his right upper extremity.
Metronidazole is a commonly used antibiotic and antiprotozoal medication that is effective against trichomoniasis, amebiasis, and intra-abdominal and gynecologic infections caused by anaerobic bacteria. In...
During a medical mission to the indigenous Cabécar people of Costa Rica, a 9-year-old girl presented with a chief concern of fleabites of several months’ duration. On physical examination, the girl was...
