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#Clinical #InfectiousDisease #Measles #Rash #BMJ
#Clinical #InfectiousDisease ... #Measles #Rash
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
Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection - Physical examination revealed reticulated purpuric patches with dusky centers on the abdomen,
biopsy of the rash ... #Clinical #Derm ... #Pathology #InfectiousDisease ... #Rash #StrongyloidesStercoralis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... (eg, visceral leishmaniasis
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Activation of CD8 ... IFN-y) → Excessive activation ... accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... .), Parasites (Leishmaniosis
Lymphangitis on the Abdomen - Examination revealed a warm, indurated plaque with extension toward her left
#Clinical #Derm ... #InfectiousDisease ... #Rash #Cellulitis
C5-C9 Deficiency - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Note:
 • Risk of invasive meningococcal disease is 1000-10000x higher
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... infections • Clinical ... lectin pathway activation ... and meninges -> Activation ... Maculopapular rash
#Clinical #InfectiousDisease #Lyme #Rash #BMJ
#Clinical #InfectiousDisease ... #Lyme #Rash #BMJ
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
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... decrease the risk for reactivation ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases