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Quick review on streptococcal skin infections. 

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#diagnosis #clinical #differential #dermatology #skinrash #skin
infections. ... #diagnosis #clinical ... #differential # ... dermatology #skinrash ... #skin
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
trauma leads to skin ... biopsy preferred Differential ... nocardia, leishmania, Tb ... , NTM; less common ... #clinical #photo
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
africanum • Mycobacterium ... (NTM) • Fungal ... characteristic features Clinical ... • Tuberculin skin ... #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
africanum • Mycobacterium ... (NTM) • Fungal ... characteristic features Clinical ... • Tuberculin skin ... #Diagnosis #Management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... #Infections #differential
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Blastomycosis Skin ... heaped up borders); differential ... Indiana University Infectious ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash ... #dermatology #clinical
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
initiation Clinical ... fevers • MAC/NTM ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... organizing PNA • Mycobacterium ... #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
75-90% of cases TM ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential