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Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Differential diagnosis ... of Skin + Eye infections ... #eye #ocular #dermatology ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Diagnosis Secondary ... Thrombocytosis): • Acute infection ... iron deficiency, hemolysis ... MF) • Chronic myeloid ... #hematology #secondary
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... Primary skin and ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
myelodysplastic syndrome • Myeloid ... most frequent skin ... Infectious manifestations ... myelodysplastic #syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... younger pts) Differential ... significance (MGUS), CLL, Myeloma ... #anemia #hematology ... #diagnosis
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Inhalation • Skin ... fever, chest pain, hemoptysis ... diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... DIC/TTP/HUS - Hemolytic ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
loss; CV, CNS, skin ... • Infectious ( ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... toxin-producing) and Hemolytic ... Blooms (HABs) Skin ... Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
discomfort, • +/- Hemoptysis ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases