Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome following appendicitis in a young child: A case report and review of the pediatric literature.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is an acute or subacute neurological disorder with variable clinical manifestations including encephalopathy, headache, seizures, visual disturbance, and focal neurologic deficits. Neuroimaging often shows frequently reversible vasogenic edema that predominantly involves the subcortical parieto-occipital lobes. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome has been associated with hypertension and reported in patients with many conditions including eclampsia/pre-eclampsia and immunosuppressive therapy.

Skull osteomyelitis as a rare complication of cat scratch disease.

, the causative agent of cat scratch disease (CSD), is one of the most common causes of regional lymphadenitis in children. Other less common manifestations of infection including fever of unknown origin, neuroretinitis, and osteomyelitis are being increasingly recognized. We describe a 3-year-old female with a recent history of typical CSD involving lymph nodes who developed osteomyelitis of the skull, a very rarely recognized complication of this infection.

Lessons in early identification and treatment from a case of disabling vitamin C deficiency in a child with autism spectrum disorder.

Background: Autism spectrum disorder is a heterogenous neurodevelopmental condition accompanied by a variety of associated features. Case reports suggest one such associated feature, food selectivity, increases risk for nutritional deficiencies; however, little attention has been given to prevent and treat nutritional deficiencies in youth with autism spectrum disorder.

Method: Single case report.

Forme Fruste of HLH (haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis): diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Infants and young children often present with a persistent febrile episode, sick appearance and negative infectious disease work-up. These patients present serious diagnostic and therapeutic problems to those who provide medical care, particularly since these children are clinically sick. We present a 13 month old child who presented with this clinical challenge.

Increased prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in household contacts of children with community acquired disease.

Background: To measure Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization prevalence in household contacts of children with current community associated (CA)-MRSA infections (study group) in comparison with a group of household contacts of children without suspected Staphylococcus aureus infection (a control group).

Methods: This is a cross sectional study. Cultures of the anterior nares were taken.