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Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
come in to your clinic ... incubation period and geography ... diagnosis #medicine #infectiousdisease
Creeping Eruption - Cutaneous Larva Migrans - The eruption was migratory, moving a few millimeters to
#Clinical #Derm ... #InfectiousDisease ... Migrans #Hookworm #NEJM
Lymphangitis on the Abdomen - Examination revealed a warm, indurated plaque with extension toward her left
#Clinical #Derm ... #InfectiousDisease ... Lymphangitis #Abdominal #NEJM
A 48-year-old-man presented to the dermatology clinic with a whitish discoloration and hyperkeratosis of the first
the dermatology clinic ... #Clinical #IM #InfectiousDisease ... RapidProgression #NEJM
Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection - Physical examination revealed reticulated purpuric patches with dusky centers on the abdomen,
#Clinical #Derm ... #Pathology #InfectiousDisease ... FilariformLarvae #Microscopy #NEJM
Gastric Anisakiasis - Gastroscopy revealed multiple anisakis larvae penetrating into the mucosa in the esophagogastric junction,
#Clinical #GI #InfectiousDisease ... AnisakisSimplex #NEJM
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antimicrobials, clinical ... will vary with geographic ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Geographic Tongue - A well-defined, flat, rounded red area could be observed on the lingual dorsum;
Geographic Tongue ... A diagnosis of geographic ... the patient’s clinical ... #Clinical #ENT # ... #Tongue #NEJM
Primary and Secondary Syphilis - On examination, the patient had sharply demarcated erythematous, scaly plaques on
B, C, and D) #Clinical ... #Derm #InfectiousDisease ... TreponemaPallidum #NEJM
Physical examination revealed extensive umbilicated papules (Panel A). A biopsy specimen obtained from a papule showed
#Clinical #Derm ... #InfectiousDisease ... TalaromycesMarneffei #NEJM