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Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
extensive skin rash ... drug reaction • SJS ... Exanthematous Pustulosis Management ... disease: symptomatic treatment ... dermatology #diagnosis #management
DRESS Syndrome vs SJS/TEN
DRESS
 • Latency: 2-8 weeks
 • Rash: Morbilliform
 • Mucosal involvement: 50% have
DRESS Syndrome vs SJS ... : 2-8 weeks • Rash ... lymphocytes and eos SJS ... : 4-28 days • Rash ... DRESS #Syndrome #SJS
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Noninfectious: SJS ... SCVMCMed #Fever #Rash
Types of hypersensitivity reactions

Type I - lgE-Mediated, Within I Hour (Anaphylaxis)
Type II - IgG or IgM
Days to Weeks (Rash ... , SJS) - Amelia
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
Approach to Fever and Rash ... (Strep/Staph), SJS ... or Pustular: SJS ... WuidQ #Fever #Rash
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
the best empiric treatment ... the WSES/GAIS/SIS-E ... infectiousdiseases #management ... #pharmacology #treatment
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Diagnosis and Management ... Retroocular pain, Rash ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... : Supportive Management ... Fever #Diagnosis #Management
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
distribution of the rash ... and whether the rash ... pathognomonic for SJS ... peripherally distributed rash ... Maculopapular #Rash
Comparison - Serotonin Syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Malignant Catatonia

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Serotonin #Syndrome #Neuroleptic
Catatonia #NMS #SS ... comparison #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimen:
 • permethrin 5% cream applied to all
scabiei) - CDC 2021 Treatment ... from neck down), wash ... from neck down), wash ... hours; repeat treatment ... #Guidelines #Management