Solve exciting clinical cases specific to your field of interest via Docplexus clinical case challenge. In today’s ‘Infectious Diseases Case Challenge’ , join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s question which is about identifying an infection in a young girl. A healthy 3-year-old girl develops a low-grade fever of 101-102. The fever is persistent for 4 days. She is also drowsy and complains of a headache and stomach ache and has lost appetite.
The doctor prescribed her paracetamol to keep the fever down and suggested to increase the fluid intake to keep her body hydrated. By the fifth day, she develops a rash on her head and chest that is spreading to her back. The lesions are 1 to 4 mm in diameter.
