Infectious diseases

Infectious diseases add significant volume in pediatrics. Bacteria, viruses and other pathogens are primarily responsible many diseases.
Thus, the purpose of this section in the site is to shed light and help parents with useful information on these common topics.
Also, soon in this area are two non-infectious subjects but from the field of rheumatology. Two inflammatory diseases – Kawasaki disease probably caused by an infectious trigger and PFAPA syndrome that mimics bacterial tonsillitis.

Hope you find this important chapter useful as well as interesting.

Infectious pediatric diseases

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

12/30/2023

Shingles vaccination in adults (Shingrix and Zostavax)

09/02/2024

West Nile Fever

06/24/2024

Bacterial skin infections

12/30/2023

10 rules for childhood winter illnesess

09/21/2024

Roseola infantum or Sixth disease

12/30/2023

Breast inflammation due to breastfeeding (mastitis)

12/30/2023

Everything you wanted to know about Rotavirus and its vaccine

11/18/2024

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know (and dared to ask) about the tetanus vaccine (in children and adults)

12/30/2023

Strep throat type C or G

02/18/2025

Pinworms (enterobiasis) in children

12/30/2023

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

12/30/2023

Diarrhea (acute gastroenteritis) in children

06/19/2025

Herpes infection in children (mainly primary herpetic gingivostomatitis)

12/30/2023

Should I get the flu vaccine? And if so, which one? The Influenza vaccine, winter 2024-2025 edition

08/21/2024

Chickenpox (Varicella)

03/06/2024

A new respiratory virus – Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV)

03/30/2025

Parvovirus Infection in Children (Fifth disease or Erythema Infectiosum)

08/15/2024

Everything you need to know about shingles (varicella zoster) in children and adults

11/18/2024

Fever after vaccines given at the age of 1 year (and generally after all vaccines) – what not to miss

11/18/2024

The RSV Vaccine for adults – Arexvy

11/18/2024

Prevention, workup and management of CMV in pregnancy

05/27/2025

Bexsero – the new type-B meningococcal bacteria vaccine

12/30/2023

Necrotizing tonsillitis

11/18/2024

Paronychia – an infection of the nail bed

11/18/2024

Fever in infants younger than 1 month (4 weeks)

12/30/2023

Naegleria Fowleri the brain-eating Amoeba or primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

11/18/2024

Going back to school or daycare after an illness – when should my child attend daycare or school after an illness?

11/18/2024

Recurrent skin infections

12/30/2023

Can antibiotics be stopped halfway through a course?

11/18/2024

Everything you need to know about the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumonia in children and adults

11/18/2024

RSV in children and infants

05/23/2024

Botulism

10/02/2024

How to avoid a Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy

05/28/2025

Pneumonia vaccines for adults (Pneumovax and Prevnar 13)

12/30/2023

Do antibiotics cause weakness?

11/18/2024

Enterovirus – hand, foot and mouth disease

12/30/2023

Animal bites in children – what to do

12/30/2023

Cryptosporidium

12/30/2023

Swelling in the arm following the flu shot – a localized reaction

01/31/2025

Impetigo

10/17/2024

Everything you need to know about carbuncle skin infections

11/18/2024

Pertussis – everything you need to know about whooping cough

07/13/2024

Kawasaki disease

12/30/2023

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

12/30/2023

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

12/30/2023

Is Strep throat infection on the rise?

12/30/2023

What is Monkeypox and what’s its connection to Smallpox?

12/30/2023

Everything you need to know about the flu (influenza) – a very important read for the entire family

11/18/2024

Delaying and separating vaccines – what’s the point?

12/30/2023

Pneumonia in children

03/22/2024

How do you determine the correct dose of Amoxicillin for a child or adult?

05/05/2025

Bullous Impetigo – everything you need to know

11/18/2024

Rhinosinusitis in children

05/18/2025

Everything you need to know about Dengue Fever in children and adults

05/20/2024

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

03/16/2025

How to avoid Toxoplasma infection during pregnancy?

05/28/2025

Perianal dermatitis in children

02/12/2025

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

12/30/2023

PFAPA Syndrome in children and adults – recurrent episodes of throat inflammation

03/17/2024

Strep throat or tonsillitis

03/09/2024

Who are you Adenovirus?

12/30/2023

Beyfortus (Nirsevimab) – a new vaccine for RSV for infants

12/31/2023

Salmonella infection in children

07/14/2025

Report of local side effects following meningococcal B vaccine (Bexsero)

12/30/2023

The baby with the stuffy nose

11/18/2024

Infectious Mononucleosis (the kissing disease) caused by EBV

07/31/2024

The Herpes family – it’s good to be familiar with it

05/14/2025

Parapertussis – a relative of pertussis?

12/30/2023

Everything you need to know about vaccines and pregnancy

02/09/2025

The vaccine for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – Gardasil 9

12/30/2023