ATI RN · Obstetrics and Pediatrics · NCLEX Questions Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Hand-foot-mouth disease is one of the more distinctive rash syndromes; it is MOST frequently caused by

Positive blood culture in bacterial enteritis is expected in

A 5-year-old black male has had fever, headache, abdominal pain, and muscle aches for the preceding 3-4 days. His temperature is $103.4^{\circ} \mathrm{F}$, heart rate is 130, and respirations are 40 per minute. He appears acutely ill and dehydrated. He has no rash. No history of tick bite is obtained, and the child had recently been camping in rural Wisconsin. Laboratory findings include WBC count of $2,300 / \mathrm{mm}^3, 24 \%$ segmented neutrophils, $65 \%$ bands, $8 \%$ lymphocytes, and platelet count $57,000 / \mathrm{mm}^5$. Elevations in serum AST (465 IU/L; normal, 0-40 IU/L) were also present. A peripheral blood smear reveals small blue clusters of bacterialike bodies in an aggregate within the cytoplasm of $1 \%$ of circulating mononuclear WBCs. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?

After resection of a posterior fossa tumor in a 10-year- old boy, he became mute suddenly and his family reported recent behavioral changes in form of irritability and occasional apathy. Of the following, the MOST likely diagnosis is

Group A streptococcus can be subdivided into more than 220 serotypes on the basis of the M protein antigen, M serotyping is valuable for epidemiologic studies; specific group A streptococcus diseases tend to be associated with certain M types. Of the following, the M type associated with glomerulonephritis is