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Age-Focused Initial Evaluation for Pyoderma Gangrenosum 

All Patients: 
 - A thorough history and physical examination
Evaluation for Pyoderma ... and symptoms - Skin ... mycobacterial) - CBC ... article-abstract/2672271 #Pyoderma
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
stage into the skin ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
DRESS Syndrome vs SJS/TEN
DRESS
 • Latency: 2-8 weeks
 • Rash: Morbilliform
 • Mucosal involvement: 50% have
with erosions • CBC ... Tubulointerstitial nephritis • Skin ... more sites • CBC ... Prerenal azotemia • Skin ... Syndrome #SJS #TEN #comparison
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Syndrome) is a skin ... inflamed or blistered skin ... development of skin ... DDX: - Pyoderma ... - CBC may also
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
encyst in the skin ... Metacercariae in flesh or skin ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Dermatomyositis (DM) and Polymyositis (PM): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Elevated Antinuclear Antibodies: Anti-Jo-1, Anti-OJ, Anti-Mi2, Anti-SRP, Anti-EJ,
processes occur in the skin ... regeneration, diffuse CD8 ... PM #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
larva penetrates skin ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
penetrate the intact skin ... Parasite #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
typically are found in skin ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
penetrate the intact skin ... intestinal mucosa (or skin ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc