Mosquito
Malaria
Introduction Presentation can be vague, any or all of wide variety of symptoms. Always should be considered in unwell patients returning from or having passed though endemic areas Organism Parasite…
Boy with measles
Measles
Introduction Measles is a previously common (incidence now greatly reduced due to vaccination) usually childhood infection. Most cases are self-limiting, it is extremely infectious and carries a complication rate of…
Example of a petechial rash
Meningitis
Definitions Meningitis – the term meningitis technically means inflammation of the meninges, though it is generally used to mean infection. Meningitis is far more common in infants and children than…
Child with parotid swelling due to mumps
Mumps
Introduction Mumps is a generalised infection caused by a paramyxovirus. It can affect any organ but classically mumps causes a large swelling of the parotid gland causing the characterised lump…
Mycoplasma pneumonia. On the left (A) -- scanning electron microscopy of filamentous M. pneumoniae. On the right (B) - transmission electron microscopy of flask-shaped M. pneumoniae attached by the terminal tip organelle to ciliated mucosal cells
Mycoplasma Pneumonia
Introduction Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a small bacterium (one of the the smallest free-living organisms), which lacks a cell wall, and which can cause a pneumonia in humans - termed mycoplasma pneumonia…
Osteomyelitis of the 1st MTP. This file is taken from wikimedia commons and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Osteomyelitis
Introduction Osteomyelitis refers to infection of the bone and/or bone marrow. It can occur in both adults and children but is more common in the latter. It is commonly caused…
CHlamydia associated discharge seen covering the cervix on speculum examination
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease – PID
Introduction Pelvic inflammatory disease is an inflammatory condition (often secondary to infection), affecting any part of the higher female reproductive system, e.g.; uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries. Salpingitis – this term…
Q fever
Introduction Q fever is an infectious disease usually acquired from working in close quarters with live animals. It is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Coxiella burnetii. It was named "q" (for…
Image of a dog with rabies
Rabies
Introduction Rabies is a viral illness that causes encephalitis in humans and animals. It can be contracted from a bite or scratch from an infected animal. The incubation period is…
Recurrent Cough
Recurrent Cough This is a very common complain for children. Common causes include: Asthma – the most common cause of childhood cough. Typically symptoms (such as wheeze and breathlessness may…