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Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Folliculitis decalvans, Tinea ... Capitis - Skin Disease ... Broken Hair Shafts: Tinea
Moccasin-variety Tinea Pedis 
70 M chronic scaly feet. Over the years: rash has itched only occasionally;
Moccasin-variety Tinea ... Diagnosis? ... allergic eczematous dermatitis ... University Infectious Diseases ... Variety #type #clinical
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
underlying lung disease ... wound infections keratitis ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... is biphasic • Clinical ... Waterborne #Infections #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
disseminated microbial disease ... neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis ... Insufficiency #AI #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology ... #infectiousdiseases
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
appearing during the disease ... Neutrophilic dermatosis ... myelodysplastic #syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology ... #oncology #clinical
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Diagnosis? ... heaped up borders); differential ... University Infectious Diseases ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash ... #dermatology #clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blastomyces - Dermatitidis ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans in
Results in severe keratitis ... or disseminated disease ... #Acanthamoeba #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
with creepy rash. diagnosis ... unable to complete lifecycle ... self-limited Diagnosis ... is clinical & labs ... larva #migrans #skinRash