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Achilles Tendon Rupture - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • The Achilles tendon is 15cm long in
Achilles Tendon ... findings • The Achilles ... in the body • Achilles ... - Weakness to ankle ... TendonRupture #diagnosis
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
Posterior Ankle ... longus Differential diagnosis ... • Achilles tendinopathy ... signal of the achilles ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis ... Laboratory Diagnosis ... syndrome: • Fever, chills ... knees, wrists, ankles ... #Management #Microbiology
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
myalgias, shaking chills ... Anaplasma #Infection #diagnosis ... #microbiology #
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Prodrome: fever, chills ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... management #treatment #microbiology
Morphology and Descriptions of Fungal Infections with Hyphae or Pseudohyphae in Tissues
Yeasts with Pseudohyphae: 
 •
Description: acute angle ... hyphae with right angle ... fungi #infections #microbiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Cellulitis: Fever, Chills ... Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
Description: acute angle ... hyphae with right angle ... fungi #infections #microbiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Generalized: • Chills ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... include forefoot, ankles ... extensor elbows, Achilles ... and culture • Diagnose ... : • Uncertain diagnosis