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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Back pain • Skin ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... Abdominal cutaneous nerve ... #Causes #Differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Pulmonary • Skin ... • M genavense Skin ... , adenitis, skin ... • M fortuitum Skin ... NTM #Infections #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
(91%): Acute / Chronic ... Pneumonia • Skin ... BAL, CSF, urine, Skin ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
osteomyelitis or skin ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... organism into the skin ... Mouth, throat, skin ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management