Abdominal complications of ascariasis in childhood.

Objective: Complications of ascariasis are a significant cause of abdominal pain in pediatric emergencies, especially where it is endemic. A literature review was conducted with the aim of improving diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for these patients.

Data Sources: A PubMed search was conducted using the key terms "ascariasis complications" and "hepatobiliary ascariasis".

Antenatal factors related to congenital toxoplasmosis in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Background: Toxoplasmosis is one of the main preventable congenital infections in Brazil. This manuscript aims to describe antenatal factors possibly associated with congenital toxoplasmosis (CT).

Methods: This is a case-control study, with data collected from medical records, from infants admitted under one year of age at the Infectious Diseases Clinic of Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, reference center from Rio de Janeiro, exposed to toxoplasmosis during their antenatal period.

Bone involvement by Sporothrix schenckii in an immunocompetent child.

Sporotrichosis in children is rare, and its osteoarticular form is very unusual. Disseminated forms are described mostly in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a 5-year-old immunocompetent boy with multiple suppurated cutaneous lesions that progressed to polyarthritis of the hands and feet.