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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... Primary skin and ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases ... #NTM
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
of Skin + Eye infections ... febrilepodcast] #skin ... #eye #ocular #dermatology ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Differential
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
Sporotrichiosis Infection ... Landscaper w/ painless nodular ... trauma leads to skin ... biopsy preferred Differential ... leishmania, Tb, NTM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Pulmonary • Skin ... • M genavense Skin ... disease, adenitis, skin ... • M fortuitum Skin ... #Infections #differential
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... Inhalation • Skin ... papule on exposed skin ... Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Purpura, ischemic skin ... - Affects the skin ... Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis - Skin ... glomerular ischemia - Skin ... Small Vessels: Skin
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Purpura, ischemic skin ... commonly affects the skin ... • Affects the skin ... cmpkx deposits skin ... Vasculitis: • Skin
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
osteomyelitis or skin ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... organism into the skin ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... Mouth, throat, skin
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... • Polymorphic skin ... , • Multiple skin ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
fevers • MAC/NTM ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... Leishmaniasis Differential