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Necrotizing Fasciitis: African-American patient with diabetes that predisposed him to rapidly 
progressive infection. Lower extremity is
him to rapidly progressive ... infection. ... As the infection ... #Photo #Dermatology ... #Leg #SkinRash
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Disease Progression ... • Progressive ... Tuberculosis Disease Progression ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Disease Progression ... • Progressive ... Tuberculosis Disease Progression ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
nonpruritic, painless, progressive ... Diagnosis? ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash ... #dermatology #clinical ... #photo
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... result with no clinical ... • The goal of diagnosing ... infection in patients ... risk of disease progression
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
presents with rapidly progressive ... because of molecular mimicry ... transplantation CLINICAL ... of GBS include progressive ... and cauda equina TREATMENT
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... and symptoms can mimic ... common infections ... absent NK cell activity ... : • Infection
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Excessive glutamate activity ... - Causes progressive ... involvement; (4) progressive ... malnutrition - Progressive ... column Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Presentation + Progression ... #1 nosocomial infection ... despite appropriate treatment ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... • JC Virus - Progressive ... Hepatic flare, rapid progression ... • Persistently active