Tag petechiae

Rat Bite Fever in Children

Rat Bite Fever

I often think of our medical knowledge as a collection of cross-referenced manilla folders that are stored in giant drawers in a large web of neurons. In the beginning, those folders have labels but are filled with sparse information. Through…

Meningococcemia and Petechiae

Often it is stated that fever and petechial rash equates to meningococcemia (or serious bacterial blood stream infection) until proven otherwise… is that correct? Yes and No. You should have this on your differential, but nothing in life is that…