๐Ÿฆ  Infectious Diseases and Immunology

Immunity

Basic Immunology

  1. Prenatal Diagnosis of Immune Diseases
  2. Passive Immunity
  3. Functions of Phagocytes

Primary Immunodeficiency

  1. Algorithmic Approach to a Child with Suspected Immune Dysfunction
  2. CBC and ESR in the Evaluation of Suspected Immunodeficiency
  3. Screening for Primary Immunodeficiency
  4. Clinical Features of PID
  5. Laboratory Features of PID
  6. Management of PID

Specific Immunodeficiency Syndromes

  1. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
  2. Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS)
  3. Hyper-IgE Syndrome (HIES)
  4. X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia (XLA)
  5. Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
  6. Febrile Neutropenia
  7. Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS)

Transplant Immunology

  1. Risks and benefits of bone marrow transplantation in children
  2. Stem Cell Therapy
  3. Graft vs Host Disease

Infection - Basics

  1. Approach to fever without focus in an infant
  2. Diagnostic Approach to Fever with Rash
  3. Nosocomial infections
  4. Antibiotic Stewardship in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings in Pediatric Practice
  5. Healthcare Associated Infections

Bacterial Diseases

  1. Enteric Fever
  2. Nontyphoidal Salmonellosis
  3. Interpretation of Widal Test in Immunized Children
  4. Drug Resistant Salmonella - MDR and NARST
  5. Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
  6. Diphtheria
  7. Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF)
  8. Meningococcal Infection
  9. Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  10. Escherichia coli Diarrhea
  11. Congenital Syphilis
  12. Leptospirosis
  13. Scrub Typus
  14. Rickettsial Diseases other than Scrub Typus
  15. Mycoplasma Pneumonia

Mycobacterial Diseases

  1. Case Definitions of TB
  2. Clinical manifestation of TB
  3. Investigations in TB
  4. Prevention and Early Detection of Tuberculosis
  5. Short Course Chemotherapy for Tuberculosis
  6. Drug Resistant TB
  7. CNS TB
  8. Abdominal TB
  9. Disseminated TB
  10. Congenital Tuberculosis
  11. Drugs used in TB

Viral Diseases

  1. Dengue
  2. Congenital Rubella Syndrome
  3. SSPE
  4. Pulse Polio Immunization
  5. AFP surveillance
  6. Polio Elimination
  7. Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease (HFMD)
  8. HSV Encephalitis
  9. Chickenpox in Adolescence
  10. Roseola infantum
  11. H1N1 infection
  12. Japanese Encephalitis
  13. COVID-19
  14. Psychosocial Effects of COVID-19 on Children
  15. Approach to a Neonate Born to a COVID-19 Positive Mother
  16. Kawasaki Vs MIS-C
  17. Perinatal HIV
  18. Dried Blood Spot (DBS) PCR in Neonatal HIV Diagnosis
  19. Pediatric HIV
  20. HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis
  21. HIV and TB Co-infection in Children
  22. Opportunistic Infections in HIV
  23. ART in HIV

Protozoal and Parasitic Diseases

  1. Cryptosporidial Diarrhea
  2. Kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis)
  3. Malaria
  4. Cerebral Malaria
  5. Drug Resistant Malaria
  6. Complicated (Severe) Malaria
  7. Ascariasis
  8. Management of Worm Infestation
  9. Neurocysticercosis
  10. Hydatid Cyst
  11. CT Findings of Toxoplasmosis and Neurocysticercosis
  12. TORCH Infections

Fungal Diseases

  1. Invasive Fungal Diseases