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Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
dust, Caustic ingestion ... Pseudomembranous esophagitis, Infection
Causes of Green Colored Urine - Differential Diagnosis
Drugs/Ingestion: 
 • Cimetidine, Promethazine, Indomethacin, Metoclopramide, Flutamide, Methylene
Diagnosis Drugs/Ingestion ... , Indicanuria Infections ... urinary tract infection
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
History - Clues to Infectious ... water → Giardia • Ingestions ... Herpesvirus B infection ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Approach to Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

Acute Diarrhea (MINT):
 • Medications
 • Infections: Inflammatory
Medications • Infections ... e.g., radiation, ingestions
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Hypercarbonaturia - Ingestion ... alkaline urine - Infection ... and Mycoplasma infections
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Urinary tract infection ... Ethylene glycol ingestion
Assessment of the Child with Eczema
Distribution of atopic eczema - The distribution of eczema tends to
- Bacterial infection ... - Viral infection ... simplex virus - Ingestion ... Any evidence of infection
Amebic Liver Abscess- ...Computed tomography of the abdomen performed after the administration of contrast material revealed
stool confirmed infection ... E. histolytica infections ... result from the ingestion
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
Tuberculosis • Fungal Infections ... Excessive vitamin D ingestion
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Mechanism Of Infection ... Wound • GI: Ingestion ... leprae • Nocardia infection ... k_vaishnani #Soil #Infections