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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
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
painless nodular rash ... biopsy preferred Differential ... leishmania, Tb, NTM ... ; less common (leprosy ... #clinical #photo
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
Approach to the Rash ... , Viral infections ... dermatoses #skin #Rash ... #oncology #differential ... MINTC #Mnemonic #dermatology
Petechiae: punctate spots that arise from spontaneous bleeding secondary to profound thrombocytopenia. 
The spots (easily visible
this patient's legs ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Dermatology #Rash
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
V2 Distribution Zoster: Patient with herpes zoster infection of the maxillary branch of the fifth cranial
herpes zoster infection ... the cheek and is less ... likely than V1 infections ... Photo credit, Simerjot ... #Dermatology #SkinRash
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... CD4 cell counts less ... weight loss occur less ... #Infections #differential
Christmas Tree Rash of Pityriasis rosea
 - small oval scaling patches
 - Christmas tree pattern
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Christmas Tree Rash ... palms/soles - Differential ... ChristmasTree #Rash ... rosea #clinical #dermatology ... #photo #PhysicalExam
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vulnificus skin infection ... rapidly evolving rash ... , hypotension, rash ... #dermatology #legs ... #clinical #photo
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