Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Primary Care

Chapter 18 - Communicable Diseases

Common Communicable Diseases

• History of Present Illness and Review of Systems
• Physical Examination
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Botulism
• Exanthems (RASH)
• Rubeola (Measles)
• Scarlet Fever
• Rubella (German Measles)
• Erythema Infectiosum (Fifth Disease)
• Roseola Infantum
• Chickenpox (Varicella)
• Diphtheria
• Parotitis (Mumps)
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Pinworms
• Hepatitis
• Tuberculosis
• Mononucleosis

Communicable Disease Emergencies

• Meningitis

The clinical presentation and management of infectious mononucleosis are the same in adults and children. For information on this condition, see chapter 11, "Communicable Diseases," in the adult clinical guidelines (First Nations and Inuit Health Branch 2000).