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Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
Pathogenesis and clinical ... involved in >50% of cases ... a +ve culture Microbiology ... S.A. can also be caused ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Salmonella Aspiration on Microscopy

66 y/o male with history of coronary artery disease presents with abdominal pain.
Diagnosis ? ... A classic case! ... Is a major cause ... Aspiration #Microscopy #clinical ... #pathology #microbiology
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
= most common cause ... cats) Classic clinical ... Capnocytophaga #Infection #Diagnosis ... #Cats #Dogs #Microbiology
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
Clinical Course: ... calcifications cause ... Diagnosis: Patients ... seizures most common clinical ... solium #management #microbiology
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... #Pancreatitis #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
Infographic of common causes ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance #microbiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
Causes of Acute ... - 11 million diagnoses ... a year Viral Causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #microbiology
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes #Nausea #Vomiting #Differential #NonGI
Causes of Nausea ... Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Causes ... #Nausea #Vomiting
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... #Differential #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis #Pathogens