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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Cause Many Illnesses ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... #infectiousdiseases
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
pulmonary and renal ... Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... • Progressive symptoms ... tract, and often causes ... #Rheumatology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
fevers • MAC/NTM ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... #Management
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
ethnicities Symptoms ... + Nonspecific symptoms ... chondritis • Ocular ... Polychondritis #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rheumatologic ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... #Management #Infections