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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... thrombophlebitis Skin ... band syndrome • Shin ... Brittle nails - Skin ... skin • Inflammation
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Differential diagnosis ... of Skin + Eye infections ... tuberculosis, M. abscessus ... febrilepodcast] #skin ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
kansasii PULMONARY DISEASE ... DISSEMINATED DISEASE ... scrofulaceum, malmoense SKIN ... #Mycobacteria #differential ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium abscessus ... Primary skin and ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... , may also see skin ... Syphilis • Pyogenic Abscess ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • ... #diagnosis #management
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Blastomycosis Skin ... painless, progressive skin ... Diagnosis? ... Blastomycosis- 2 types of skin ... dermatology #clinical #photo
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Meningitis • Skin ... Infection Abscess ... • Sickle Cell disease
Pustular Skin Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What are pustules?
• Pustules < 5-10 mm + pus
• Material
Pustular Skin Lesions ... to inflammatory skin ... pus-filled sore (abscess ... osteitis) - Pustular skin ... #Pustular #Skin