Pediatric Rabies Due to a Feral Cat Bite in the Amazonas Region of Peru: First Rabies Case in a Decade.

We report the first case of human rabies in a child from Amazonas after 10 years without an outbreak. An 8-year-old girl was admitted to the local hospital because of headache, myalgia, diarrhea, fever, and vomiting during the previous 4 days. Meningoencephalitis was suspected, and empiric therapy with ceftriaxone and vancomycin was started.

[Hemorrhagic erucism due to Lonomia spp. in a girl].

Accidents caused by urticating or poisonous setae from lepidoptera caterpillars are known as erucism. These accidents are produced by accidental contact, especially in children, with bristles on the insect's body surface, connected to venom glands. Symptoms may be local or systemic, with deadly clinical presentations.

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: pediatric case report.

The Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a rare disease that occurs mostly in young adults, although some cases have been reported in children. It is usually characterized by fever and cervical lymphadenopathy. The etiology of the disease remains unknown.