Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Volume 6, issue 2

Authors: Badugu, Srinivasarao | Udassi, Jai Prakash | Arwa, Saidi | Slamon, Nicholas

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: With the widespread use of antibiotics, cases of pneumococcal pericarditis in infants and children have decreased significantly. Since the implementation of routine heptavalent pneumococcal immunization in 2000, these cases have become even rarer. While rare and life threatening, patients with invasive pneumococcal infections usually have a good outcome if diagnosed early and treated adequately. Since 1980, we found reports of only 13 children with pneumococcal pericarditis in PubMed. We describe another case of invasive …pneumococcal infection in an infant with purulent pericarditis leading to tamponade and constrictive pericarditis. Show more

Keywords: Pneumococcus, pericarditis, infant, tamponade

DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2011-0310

Citation: Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 149-154, 2011

Authors: Aggarwal, Nidhi | Faridi, Mohammad Moonis Akbar | Bhargava, Anuja

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: A 3 year old boy presented with fever, pain and discharge from the right ear. On examination, swelling and redness were present behind the right ear and pus like discharge was found oozing from a tiny opening present in the right ear on the anterior margin of the helix. A diagnosis of congenital pre-auricular sinus with superimposed bacterial infection was made. Patient was treated successfully with a course of antibiotics. A similar uninfected pre-auricular sinus was …present on the helix of the opposite ear. Both mother and younger sibling also had uninfected congenital bilateral pre-auricular sinuses. Show more

Keywords: Pre-auricular sinus, ear discharge, congenital malformation

DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2011-0309

Citation: Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 155-157, 2011