Background: Epstein-Bar virus (EBV) causes infectious mononucleosis in more than 90% of children. Rarely, mononucleosis may lead to malignancy. The aim the current study was to introduce a child with mononucleosis and persistent adenopathy. Case report: A 4-year-old male patient presented with complaints of fever, shortness of breath and sore throat. He was treated with antibiotics and prednis...

THE CASE: A 21-month-old previously healthy child is brought to the pediatrician's office because of increasingly labored breathing that began the night before. The father reports that the child has had fever, congestion, nonproductive cough, and irritability for 2 days and that she is slightly hoarse. Oral intake has decreased, but there is no drooling or dysphagia. Temperature is 40.3°C (104....

We reported a 9-year-old boy with mycoplasma pneumonia who developed pulmonary infarction. The child first had fever and cough, and then had difficult breathing. But, the signs of his lung were not obvious. Mycoplasma antibody IgM was positive. The child was given intravenous azithromycin for anti-infection, and intravenous low molecular weight heparin and oral warfarin for anti-coagulation. Al...

A 5-yr-old boy was admitted with complaints of sudden onset of weakness in both lower limbs since 4 days. There was no history of any trauma, fever, diarrhea, respiratory tract infection, exanthematous illness, unconsciousness, convulsions or tuberculosis. There was no history of similar illness in the neighborhood. The child was fully immunized. On examination, the child was afebrile, consciou...

When a child has a fever, rash, and joint pain, the family physician needs to consider a variety of diseases in the differential diagnosis. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Lyme disease, and streptococcal diseases are all possible causes of this triad of symptoms. An accurate diagnosis, however, might be delayed until serologic studies have been returned and the response of the child to treatment...

Paratyphoid fever is a systemic bacterial infection caused by bacteria Salmonella paratyphi serovars A, B, or C. It most associated with travel to endemic areas but can occur sporadically in non-endemic areas. While the disease more commonly seen adults, it children, and presentation be variable. clinically difficult differentiate Typhoid from without isolation of organism. We present case 5-ye...