Medical Monday

I am back at Hospital del Niño this week. We had some interesting cases at rounds this morning. They have lifted the isolation of the Departamento de Infectología, so we got to join the doctors and staff for rounds. The girl with monkeypox looks a lot better. She's sitting up and all the lesions have scabbed over.

We also saw a child with leishmaniasis, which is a tropical disease not found in La Paz. The room was so crowded that I didn't get to see the lesion. Hopefully I'll get in there another time this week.

And then there was an 11 year-old girl with chickenpox complicated by necrotizing fasciitis. It was clearly an interesting case to the doctors. Dra. Paula was sent to fetch cameras from cars and offices, and we were all allowed to take photos. If anyone is interested, I've posted my photos in a Picasa web album here. One picture is of the infection site on her leg, and the other is of the infection site on her back.

On another note, one of the blogs I read posted these interesting posters from the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. I really like how they blend music and physiology.