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Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
leads to skin inoculation ... biopsy preferred Differential
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
fortuitum - Direct inoculation ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
to narrow your differential ... : incubation period ... idagram to match up incubation ... to narrow your differentials ... #differentials #
Thyroid Disorders and Menstrual Cycle Function

Hypothyroidism
 • Polymenorrhea (increased menstrual bleeding) is more common
 • Oligomenorrhea
Oligomenorrhea • Anovulation ... Oligomenorrhea • Anovulation ... Menstrual #Cycle #Differential
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
at the site of inoculation ... Pneumonic: Direct inoculation
Typical Characteristics of Pneumoconiosis 
Coal dust 
 • Coal miners 
Beryllium 
 • Fluorescent lights
Asbestos mining • Insulation
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
material • Direct inoculation
Syphilis Staging - Primary, Secondary, Latent and Tertiary - Timing and Features

Primary syphilis classically presents with
chancre at the inoculation
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
symptoms (Period of incubation
Lower Urinary Tract Infection: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

- Predisposing Factors:  Immunocompromised state, diabetes, elderly, female
catheter, surgical inoculation