Concise Reviews Extra

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal has a section every issue called Concise Reviews of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Two of these Concise Reviews have been recommended; see the link to the citations in PubMed below.

Infectious Pericarditis in Children, Gail J. Demmler, MD

Management of Parapneumonic Empyema, Krow Ampofo, MD, and Carrie Byington, MD (free through PubMed Central)

Ludwig's Angina

Ludwig's angina is a bacterial infection on the floor of the mouth. It is a serious and potentionally life-threatening cellulitis. Alternative names for the condition are, submandibular or sublingual space infection. To check for sublingual space infection push hard in the middle of the tongue, it will feel firm vs. the more spongey give of a normal tongue.

Wilhelm Friedrich von Ludwig first described this condition in 1836. His first patient presenting with this condition was Queen Catherine of Wurttemberg.

Angina is from anchone, the Greek word for strangulation, and was taken to connote throat pain and infection. Until the advent of antibiotics Ludwig's angina was almost always fatal.

View my collection, "Ludwig's Angina" from NCBI

Chronic Hepatitis B

Kevin Nelson presented Chronic Hepatitis B on Friday, November 6. His article recommendations on the topic are found with the link below.
View my collection, "Hepatitis B" from NCBI
Useful link:
Hepatitis Treatment, Research and Education Center: Hepatitis B

Chronic Hepatitis B

Properly used car seats are 71% effective at preventing fatalities

View my collection, "Car Seat" from NCBI

Buckle_Up

Schistosomiasis

Monday, November 2, morning report topic.

View my collection, "schistosomiasis" from NCBI

PubMed search tip: Take a Coffee Break that is a collection of short reports on recent biological discoveries. Each report incorporates interactive tutorials that show how bioinformatics tools are used as a part of the research process.