Infections | Children's Education Materials

Bacterial & Viral Infections
Articles
- A to Z: Cat Scratch Disease
- A to Z: Otitis Media (Ear Infection)
- A to Z: Yeast Infection
- Adenovirus
  (Spanish)
- Airborne and contact precautions
  (Spanish) (Somali)
- Airborne precautions
  (Spanish) (Somali)
- Bronchiolitis
  (Spanish)
- Cat Scratch Disease
  (Spanish)
- Cellulitis
- Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention
  (Spanish) (Somali)
- Chickenpox
  (Spanish)
- Chlamydia
- Clostridium difficile or C. diff (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Cold Sores
- Colds
  (Spanish)
- Contact and droplet precautions
  (Spanish) (Somali)
- Contact precautions
  (Spanish) (Somali)
- Coxsackievirus Infections
  (Spanish)
- Croup
  (Spanish)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  (Spanish)
- Dengue Fever
  (Spanish)
- Diphtheria
  (Spanish)
- Droplet precautions
  (Spanish) (Somali)
- E. Coli
  (Spanish)
- Ebola
  (Spanish)
- Encephalitis
  (Spanish)
- Enteric precautions
  (Spanish) (Somali)
- Fevers
  (Spanish)
- Fifth Disease
  (Spanish)
- Food Poisoning
  (Spanish)
- Genital Herpes
- Genital Warts (HPV)
  (Spanish)
- Gonorrhea
  (Spanish)
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- Helicobacter pylori
- Hepatitis
  (Spanish)
- Hib Disease (Haemophilus Influenzae Type b)
  (Spanish)
- Impetigo
  (Spanish)
- Infant Botulism
- Infections That Pets Carry
  (Spanish)
- Influenza (Flu)
  (Spanish)
- Listeria Infections
- Lyme Disease
  (Spanish)
- Mad Cow Disease
- Measles
  (Spanish)
- Meningitis
  (Spanish)
- Meningitis
- Middle Ear Infections
  (Spanish)
- Mononucleosis
  (Spanish)
- MRSA
  (Spanish)
- MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccus auerus)
- MRSA Colonization: A guide for parents
- Multi-drug resistant organisms
- Mumps
  (Spanish)
- Osteomyelitis
  (Spanish)
- Peritonsillar Abscess
  (Spanish)
- Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
  (Spanish)
- Pneumonia
  (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
- Polio
  (Spanish)
- Rabies
  (Spanish)
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections and Related Conditions
- Respiratory syncytial virus
  (Spanish) (Hmong)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  (Spanish)
- Reye Syndrome
  (Spanish)
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Roseola
- Rotavirus
- Rubella (German Measles)
  (Spanish)
- Salmonella Infections
- Scarlet Fever
  (Spanish)
- Sepsis
  (Spanish)
- Shigella Infections
  (Spanish)
- Shingles
  (Spanish)
- Sinusitis
  (Spanish)
- Smallpox
  (Spanish)
- Staph Infections
  (Spanish)
- Strep Throat
  (Spanish)
- Swimmer's Ear (Otitis Externa)
  (Spanish)
- Syphilis
- Tetanus
  (Spanish)
- Tonsillitis
  (Spanish)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
  (Spanish)
- Toxic Synovitis
- Tuberculosis
  (Spanish)
- Urinary Tract Infections
  (Spanish)
- Vaginal Yeast Infections
  (Spanish)
- Vomiting
  (Spanish) (Hmong)
- Warts
  (Spanish)
- West Nile Virus
  (Spanish)
- What Is "PANS"?
- What Is Powassan Virus?
- When and Where to Get Medical Care
  (Spanish)
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
  (Spanish)
- Yersiniosis
- Zika Virus

Cold & Flu Review
Articles

Common Childhood Infections
Articles
- A to Z: Otitis Media (Ear Infection)
- Can Chronic Ear Infections Cause Long-Term Hearing Loss?
- Chickenpox
  (Spanish)
- Cold Sores
- Colds
  (Spanish)
- Fever
  (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
- Fevers
  (Spanish)
- Head Lice
  (Spanish)
- Is It a Cold or the Flu?
  (Spanish)
- Middle Ear Infections
  (Spanish)
- Mononucleosis
  (Spanish)
- Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
  (Spanish)
- Urinary Tract Infections
  (Spanish)

Ear Infections
Articles

Eye Infections
Articles

Fungal Infections (Ringworm, Yeast, etc.)
Articles

Immunizations
Articles

Lung & Respiratory Infections
Articles
- Adenovirus
  (Spanish)
- Bronchiolitis
  (Spanish)
- Croup
  (Spanish)
- Diphtheria
  (Spanish)
- Huff cough
- Influenza (Flu)
  (Spanish)
- Measles
  (Spanish)
- Meningitis
  (Spanish)
- MRSA Colonization: A guide for parents
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia
- Pneumonia
  (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
- Pneumothorax (Spontaneous)
- Pulmonary Empyema
- Respiratory syncytial virus
  (Spanish) (Hmong)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  (Spanish)
- Scarlet Fever
  (Spanish)
- Sinusitis
  (Spanish)
- Strep Throat
  (Spanish)
- Tuberculosis
  (Spanish)
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
  (Spanish)

Medical Tests
Articles

Parasitic Infections (Worms, Lice, etc.)
Articles
- Amebiasis
- Ascariasis
  (Spanish)
- Bedbugs
  (Spanish)
- Chiggers
  (Spanish)
- Giardiasis
- Head Lice
  (Spanish)
- Infections That Pets Carry
  (Spanish)
- Malaria
  (Spanish)
- Pinworm
  (Spanish)
- Pubic Lice
  (Spanish)
- Toxocariasis
  (Spanish)
- Toxoplasmosis
  (Spanish)
- Trichomoniasis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Articles
- Chlamydia
- Chlamydia in newborns
- Genital Herpes
- Genital Warts (HPV)
  (Spanish)
- Gonorrhea
  (Spanish)
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Pubic Lice
  (Spanish)
- STDs
  (Spanish)
- Syphilis
- Trichomoniasis

Skin Infections & Rashes
Articles
- Abscess
  (Spanish)
- Acanthosis Nigricans
  (Spanish)
- Cellulitis
- Chickenpox
  (Spanish)
- Cold Sores
- Cradle Cap (Infantile Seborrheic Dermatitis)
  (Spanish)
- Dandruff
  (Spanish)
- Eczema
  (Spanish)
- Epidermolysis bullosa: Bathing recommendations
- Epidermolysis bullosa: Dressing care
- Erythema Multiforme
- Fifth Disease
  (Spanish)
- Genital Herpes
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- Hives (Urticaria)
  (Spanish)
- Impetigo
  (Spanish)
- Infections That Pets Carry
  (Spanish)
- Lyme Disease
  (Spanish)
- Measles
  (Spanish)
- Minor Skin Breakdown
- Molluscum Contagiosum
- Oral Thrush
  (Spanish)
- Paronychia
  (Spanish)
- Pityriasis Rosea
  (Spanish)
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Roseola
- Rubella (German Measles)
  (Spanish)
- Scabies
  (Spanish)
- Scarlet Fever
  (Spanish)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
  (Spanish)
- Vitiligo
- Vulvovaginitis
- Warts
  (Spanish)

Stomach & Intestinal Infections
Articles
- Appendicitis (Possible)
- Ascariasis
  (Spanish)
- Cholera
  (Spanish)
- Dengue Fever
  (Spanish)
- Diarrhea
  (Spanish) (Hmong)
- Food Poisoning
  (Spanish)
- Giardiasis
- Helicobacter pylori
- Pinworm
  (Spanish)
- Rotavirus
- Salmonella Infections
- Shigella Infections
  (Spanish)
- Tapeworm
  (Spanish)
- Typhoid Fever
  (Spanish)
- Vomiting
  (Spanish) (Hmong)
- Yersiniosis