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MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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MonkeyPox Virus ... • Signs and Symptoms ... Diagnosis • Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #treatment
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
28 days - Skin ... of the systemic symptoms ... bleeding, or other symptoms ... Respiratory distress Treatment ... MPOX #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
osteomyelitis or skin ... Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... organism into the skin ... Mouth, throat, skin ... #Diagnosis #Management
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome Treatment
Stop offending agents:
 • List as allergies
Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms ... DRESS) Syndrome Treatment ... , IVIG etc • Skin ... DRESS #Syndrome #Treatment ... #Management #dermatology
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... workup dictated by symptoms ... IDSA #Guidelines #Management ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms ... characterized by extensive skin ... Symptoms: • The ... Skin involvement ... disease: symptomatic treatment
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
weakness without skin ... any time during treatment ... after DC Statin Treatment ... myopathy #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
from infection to symptom ... material from skin ... laboratories • Treatment ... specific proven treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
ARE THE CLINICAL SYMPTOMS ... Immediate type-skin ... corticosteroids +/- anti-fungal ... pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
response to local skin ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms