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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Causes of Leukocytosis ... Lymphocytosis: Infection ... • Neutropenia: Infections ... • Monocytosis: Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Medial Approach Knee Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection 

Landmark 1/3 to 1/2 way from top of patella. Find
Corticosteroid Injection ... Janet Pope @Janetbirdope ... Corticosteroid #Injection ... #clinical #video
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Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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hypereosinophilia (HE) Caused ... cytokines Common causes ... reaction - Helminth infection ... disease Rare causes ... aspergillosis - Viral infections
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
URT inflammation causes ... severe swelling causes ... invasion via URT infection ... and hematologic infection ... widespread infection
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
associated with infection ... by bacterial infections ... anorexia Other Causes ... Thyroiditis (rarely causes ... • Other rare causes
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
failure with reduced ejection ... disease - Infection ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Calcinosis Drainage from a Finger in Dermatomyositis

Dr. Janet Pope @Janetbirdope

#Calcinosis #Drainage #Finger #Dermatomyositis #clinical #video #physicalexam
Janet Pope @Janetbirdope ... Dermatomyositis #clinical #video
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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Sparing = Central cause ... Palsy (70-75%), Infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
Causes of Hyperferritinemia ... Most Common Causes ... Infection -16% ... 1% Most Common Causes ... Infection - 46%