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Disseminated Blastomycosis - Computed tomography (CT) of his chest showed an infiltrate in the right upper
Disseminated Blastomycosis ... tomography (CT) of his ... budding (Panel C) #Clinical ... #InfectiousDisease ... BroadBasedBud #Microscopy #NEJM
Creeping Eruption - Cutaneous Larva Migrans - The eruption was migratory, moving a few millimeters to
raised tract on his ... #Clinical #Derm ... #InfectiousDisease ... Migrans #Hookworm #NEJM
A 48-year-old-man presented to the dermatology clinic with a whitish discoloration and hyperkeratosis of the first
the dermatology clinic ... #Clinical #IM #InfectiousDisease ... TrichophytonRubrum #HIV ... RapidProgression #NEJM
Primary and Secondary Syphilis - On examination, the patient had sharply demarcated erythematous, scaly plaques on
scaly plaques on his ... B, C, and D) #Clinical ... #Derm #InfectiousDisease ... TreponemaPallidum #NEJM
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) ... Clinical features ... seen in only in 1/ ... • IV -> septic ... Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Oral HPV-Associated Papillomatosis in AIDS - A 36-year-old man who had the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Oral HPV-Associated ... ’s left side) #Clinical ... #InfectiousDisease ... Papillomatosis #HPV ... #AIDS #NEJM
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
Persistence of clinically ... virus > 7 days HIV ... Influenza virus 1 ... Parvovirus > 1 ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Blastomycosis Summary ... bordering the Great Lakes ... epididymoorchitis • CNS (1% ... Diagnosis: 1) ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... isavuconazole BLASTOMYCOSIS ... fungal stain of clinical ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg IV ... x 1 - Adjunct Tx ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases