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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium ... • Mycobacterium ... #Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
Approach to the Rash ... fulminans/DIC, Thrombocytopenia ... #oncology #differential ... #diagnosis #cancer ... MINTC #Mnemonic #dermatology
Algorithm for Diagnosis of the Petechial / Purpuric Rash

Febrile/Toxic, Palpable: 
 - Meningococcaemia, Disseminated Gonococcal Infection,
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Petechial / Purpuric Rash ... Disseminated Gonococcal Infection ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Dermatology #Skin
Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Decreased production:
 • Bone marrow suppression
 • Bone marrow failure
 • Bone
Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... infiltration • Infection ... #hematology #platelets
Petechial/Purpuric Rashes- THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

These rashes can be especially challenging and are
associated with devastating differential
with devastating differential ... inflammation or infection ... petechial or purpuric rash ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... Purpural #Purpuric #Rash
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
Sporotrichiosis Infection ... painless nodular rash ... wax and wane; diagnosis ... biopsy preferred Differential ... leishmania, Tb, NTM
Linear Rash in the Returning Traveler - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Cutaneous larva migrans
 • Scabies (Sarcoptes
Linear Rash in the ... Returning Traveler - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... Fascioliasis Non-infectious ... #Diagnosis #dermatology
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... hemostasis: - Thrombocytopenia ... #Differential # ... #Causes #dermatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vasculitis • Infection ... #Causes #Hematology
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Viral: Measles, Infectious ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #dermatology