Practical guide to recognizing and treating pinworm infection in children and households, including correct tape test technique, safe medications, and…
Evidence-based overview of juvenile idiopathic arthritis including ILAR categories, pathogenesis, clinical evaluation, differential diagnosis, monitoring, and stepwise pharmacologic and supportive…
Evidence-based overview of acute rheumatic fever including pathogenesis, diagnostic Jones criteria (major/minor), evaluation, treatment of the acute episode, and long-term…
Structured guide to recognizing Kawasaki disease (classic vs. incomplete), preventing coronary artery aneurysms with timely IVIG, and long-term cardiac surveillance.
Clarifying infection vs. communicable disease, the agent–host–environment triad, roles of the microbiome, and how opportunistic pathogens cause disease under immune…
Structured overview of how pathogens spread (respiratory, contact, fecal–oral, blood, vector, vertical, healthcare-associated) and the key interventions to interrupt transmission.
