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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Disseminated Gonococcal ... Diagnosis and Management ... Laboratory testing of skin ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Coccidioidomycosis, disseminated ... Histoplasmosis, disseminated ... brain - Wasting syndrome ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... Diagnosis #List #Differential
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Primary skin and ... patients presents as disseminated ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Pulmonary • Skin ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Pustular Skin Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What are pustules?
• Pustules < 5-10 mm + pus
• Material
- Differential ... SAPHO syndrome ( ... Disseminated gonococcemia ... Sweet syndrome ... #Lesions #Differential
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
adrenal infection or disseminated ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Insufficiency #AI #differential ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Negative Abscess - Differential ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... SAPHO, Sweet's Syndrome ... Negative #Abscess #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... algorithm #treatment #management
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Arterial Thrombosis - Differential ... Testosterone - Coumadin skin ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... thrombocytopenia - Disseminated ... pathophysiology #hematology #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
response to local skin ... retinal damage) • Skin ... test (this is a skin ... Behcet disease) Differential ... #diagnosis #management