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ToRCHeS

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microbes that may passed from mother to fetus

  • mostly transplacental or via delivery (e.g. HSV-2)
  • often present with hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice, thrombocytopenia, and growth retardation
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Toxoplasmoa gonddi

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  • transmitted by cat deces or ingestion of undercooked meat
  • mother presentation: asymptomatic
  • baby presentation: chorioretinits, hydrocephalus, and intracranial calcifications
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Rubella

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  • transmitted via respiratory droplets
  • maternal: rash, lymphadenopathy, arthritis
  • neonatal: PDA (or pulmonary hypoplasia), cataracts, deafness +/ blueberry muffin rash
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CMV

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  • transmitted via sexual contact, organ transplant
  • maternal: mono-like illness, asymptomatic
  • baby: hearing loss, seizures, petechial rash, blueberry muffin-rash
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HIV

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  • transmitted via sexual contact, needlestick
  • maternal: variable depending on CD4
  • baby: recurrent infections, chronic diarrhea
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HSV-2

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  • transmitted by skin or mucous membrane contact
  • maternal: usually asymptomatic, herpetic lesions
  • baby: encephalitis, herpetic lesions
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Syphilis

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  • transmitted by sexual contact
  • maternal: chancre (primary) and disseminated rash (secondary_
  • baby: still birth, hydrops fetals. if child survives, facial abnormalities, saddle nose, short maxila, saber shings, CN VIII deafness
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Red rashes of childhood

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  • Rubella
  • Measles
  • VZV
  • HHV-6 (Roseola)
  • Parvovirus (Erythema infectiosum)
  • Scarlet fever (Group A Strep)
  • Hand-foot-mouth disease (Coxsackie virus)
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Bugs in unimmunized children

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  • Rubella
  • Measles
  • Meningitis
  • Pharyngitis
  • Epiglotti
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Rash in unimmunized child that begins at head and moves down with posterior auricular lymphadenopathy

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Rubella

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Rash in unimmunized child/immigrantthat begins at head and movess down.
Rash preceded by cough, coryza (rhinitis), conjunctivitis, and blue-white spots on buccal mucosa

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Measles

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Meningitis in unimmunized child/immigrant

Colonizes nasopharynx

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H. influenzae b

13
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Meningitis in unimmunized child/immigrant

- leads to myalgia and paralysis

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Poliomyelitis

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Pharyngitis in unimmunized child/immigrant with grayish oropharyngeal exudate
(“pseudomembranes) that may obstruct airway

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C. diptheriae

- elaborates toxin that causes necrosis in pharynx, cardiac, and CNS tissue

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Epiglottitis in unimmunized child/immigrant. Has fever with dysphagia, drooling, difficulty breathing due to edematous “cherry red” epiglottis

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H. influenzae

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CSF findings in bacterial meningitis

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  • Elevated opening pressure
  • Elevated PMNs
  • Elevated proteins
  • Decreased sugar
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CSF findings in fungal/RB meningitis

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  • Elevated opening pressure
  • Elevated lymphocytes
  • Elevated proteins
  • Decreased sugar
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CSF findings in viral meningits

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  • Normal/elevated opening pressure
  • Elevated lymphocytes
  • Normal/elevated protein
  • Normal sugar