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Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS)

A 5-year-old girl presents to the ED with a rash that started
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin ... Syndrome (SSSS) ... upper respiratory infection ... #Clinical #Photo ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... Laboratory testing of skin ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases
Assessment of the Child with Eczema
Distribution of atopic eczema - The distribution of eczema tends to
children, the skin ... Causes of exacerbation ... - What causes exacerbation ... condition and its management ... primarycare #peds #pediatrics
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... antibiotics as a cause ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... SAPHO, Sweet's Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
A retrospective cohort study of blood culture results and microbiology laboratory charges for pediatric cases of
culture results and microbiology ... laboratory charges for pediatric ... pneumonia and skin ... /soft tissue infection ... #EBM #InfectiousDisease
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... and NO, Suppress induction ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
hyperinfection syndrome ... penetrating the skin ... penetrate the skin ... is caused by accelerated ... strongyloidiasis #microbiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... diagnosis • Microbiologic ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections ... Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... Blooms (HABs) Skin ... - And, in rare cases ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases