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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... Hepatitis • Hematoma ... - HIV - Lyme disease ... Poikilothermia • Septic ... lower #extremity #msk
Purulent Ankle Joint on POCUS
Young patient 2 weeks status post ORIF of ankle fracture presents with
found to have septic ... arthritis and osteomyelitis ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #msk #infected ... #pus #abscess #tibiotalar
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacterium bovis Most infected ... Lung cancer • Septic ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacterium bovis Most infected ... Lung cancer • Septic ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... 10-20% of HIV-infected ... initiation Clinical ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... arthritis, and ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management