Infectious Disease121 Videos

Self-care- Chicken pox

Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis ●Infections caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection causes two distinct diseases. Primary infection with VZV results in varicella (chickenpox), characterized by vesicular lesions in different stages of development on the face, trunk, and extremities. Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, results from reactivation of latent VZV infection […]

Strep throat (streptococcal pharyngitis)- pathophysciology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Clinical features and diagnosis ●Epidemiology – Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is the most common cause of bacterial pharyngitis in children and adolescents. It accounts for 15 to 30 percent of all cases of pharyngitis in children between the ages of 5 and 15 years. In temperate climates, the incidence of GAS pharyngitis peaks during the winter and […]