4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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Question
What do you think can be the diagnosis for this girl, 12 year old girl came to us with history of fever for 5 days, puffiness for 3 days and poor urine output for a day with lethargy and poor oral intake. On examination the child was pale, had bruises. Temp 39 degrees, hepatomegaly 2.5cm below costal margin, facial puffiness, pedal edema,a scites. No s/s of failure. LFT- albumin 23g/dl, others normal, hb 7, platelet 100000, TWC 5,000. Urine protein ++, blood+++. The girl also has hypertension, on Tab nifedipine and Tab captopril. Blood culture and urine culture NG. Reticulocytes 0.5, Coombs negative, FBP pending.
Answer
Rule out acute renal failure. Also rule out leptospira, dengue, malaria and malignancy. One may also rule out HUS and a peripheral smear for Burr cells and reticulocyte count would be important. PLease let us know further progress in this case.
 
 
 
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