A 5-month-old boy presented with decreased oral intake and poor urine output. On admission, he was hypertonic and irritable. The boy’s parents reported worsening irritability since birth, poor weight gain...
A 14-year-old girl of Turkish origin came to the clinic with concern for recurrent significant left knee, abdominal, and chest pain, along with fever lasting for approximately 2 days at a time and...
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...
A 5-year-old girl with a history of premature birth presented to her primary care pediatrician for her annual well-child check. On physical examination, an elongated, swollen, crooked left middle finger was...
Martin Zenni, MD; Christopher Scuderi, DO; Evan J. Leonard, MS, MMS, PA-C; Brandon E. Kuebler, MD
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a bacterial infection that is typically caused by Staphylococcus or Streptococcus species and can be fatal if untreated.
A full-term boy was born by spontaneous vaginal delivery to a 37-year-old gravida 3, para 3 mother. At birth, physical examination findings were unremarkable except for an undescended left testicle and an...
A 14-year-old boy presented to the clinic with a sore throat, which was diagnosed as streptococcal pharyngitis and treated appropriately. However, he was also concerned about a bump on his left elbow that...
La Donna J. Johnson, MD; Hansa Wongpasert, MD; Mary Mullins
An 8-month-old African American girl was brought to the hospital with a 3-day history of a barking cough with associated respiratory distress, rhinorrhea, and decreased oral intake.
