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IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... the Management ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical ... #Management #skin
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for aggressive treatment ... In short, best outcomes ... hyperthermia, myocardial infarction ... #Management #Neurology ... Refractory #Seizures #Algorithm
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
Skin rash and malaise ... , the infection ... reddish brown spots ... Rash #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
response preceding infection ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... • Weakness: Starts ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... injury) • Neurologic ... +/- myocardial infarction ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Rheumatic pain Clinical ... Diagnosis: • A clinical ... causes such as infectious ... and lower jaw Treatment ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... vasculitis vs infection ... required due to skip ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... osteomyelitis or skin ... fungal stain of clinical ... Inhalation of spores ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... Keep fingernails short ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Hemodialysis ... #Nephrology #CKD
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
period (time from infection ... 5–21 days • Clinical ... → scabs; often starts ... material from skin ... Monkeypox #diagnosis #management