Pediatric Infectious Disease Glossary

Infection of the umbilical cord stump and surrounding tissues in newborns, potentially leading to sepsis.

Conjunctivitis occurring in newborns within the first month of life, requiring prompt evaluation for infectious causes.

Infection caused by organisms that typically do not cause disease in immunocompetent hosts.

A serious bacterial infection involving structures posterior to the orbital septum, causing proptosis, decreased extraoc...

Infection or inflammation of the external ear canal, commonly called swimmer's ear in pediatric patients.

Monoclonal antibody prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus in high-risk infants.

A controversial condition where obsessive-compulsive disorder or tics in children are thought to be triggered by group A...

Pleural fluid accumulation associated with pneumonia, which may progress from simple to complicated or empyema if untrea...

RNA virus causing febrile illness, gastroenteritis, and severe CNS infections in infants and young children.

Inflammation of the parotid gland, which may be viral (commonly mumps), bacterial, or recurrent, causing facial swelling...

Infection of the soft tissues anterior to the orbital septum, presenting with eyelid swelling and erythema without affec...

Infection of the peritoneal cavity in children receiving peritoneal dialysis, diagnosed by cloudy dialysate and abdomina...

Collection of pus between the tonsillar capsule and surrounding pharyngeal muscles, often complicating streptococcal pha...

Highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by paroxysmal coughing f...

Small, pinpoint hemorrhagic spots on the skin that do not blanch with pressure, often indicating serious underlying cond...

Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis - a recurrent fever syndrome in children.

Redness and inflammation of the throat tissues, commonly seen in viral and bacterial pharyngitis in children.

Adenoviral syndrome combining pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, and fever, commonly seen in summer camps and pools.

Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2, a severe post-infectious complication...

Self-limiting viral exanthem characterized by a herald patch followed by secondary eruption in a Christmas tree distribu...

A thin-walled, air-filled cystic space within the lung parenchyma, typically occurring as a complication of bacterial pn...

Non-suppurative arthritis following group A streptococcal infection, distinct from acute rheumatic fever.

Kidney inflammation occurring after bacterial infection, typically group A Streptococcus, due to immune complex depositi...

Biomarker that rises specifically in bacterial infections, used to guide antibiotic therapy decisions.