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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Causes of Leukocytosis ... Lymphocytosis: Infection ... • Neutropenia: Infections ... • Monocytosis: Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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hypereosinophilia (HE) Caused ... cytokines Common causes ... reaction - Helminth infection ... disease Rare causes ... aspergillosis - Viral infections
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... menstrual - Recent procedures ... - Infection exposure ... practices that could cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Paracentesis Procedure Checklist and Supplies
 • Indications
 • Pre-op
 • Preparation and Supplies
 • Insertion
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Paracentesis Procedure ... and Supplies • Insertion ... #Paracentesis #Procedure
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
otalgia Most Common Causes ... externa Mechanical Causes ... impaction Infectious Causes ... Otitis externa - Caused ... anorexia Other Causes
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
URT inflammation causes ... severe swelling causes ... invasion via URT infection ... and hematologic infection ... widespread infection
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
failure with reduced ejection ... disease - Infection ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Lateral Canthotomy / Cantholysis - Procedure Instructions

The orbit is a relatively closed compartment and an acute
Cantholysis - Procedure ... The most common cause ... #Cantholysis #Procedure
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... before invasive procedure ... Although nonhepatic causes ... mycobacterial infections