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Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
head and neck squamous ... cell carcinomas ... genitourinary tract, pulmonary ... Malignancies: Squamous ... cell carcinoma
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium abscessus ... pulmonary infection ... Primary skin and ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
most frequently squamous ... cell carcinoma ... emboli) I: infection ... abscess - pulmonary ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Onset Fever - Differential ... Meningitis • Skin ... Infection Abscess ... stroke • Sickle Cell
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Negative Abscess ... - Differential ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Skin Ulcers by Etiology - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
 • Trauma
 • Pressure
 • Radiation
Vascular:
 • Arterial
Skin Ulcers by Etiology ... - Differential ... Neoplastic: • Squamous ... Cryoglobulinemia Infectious ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
heaped up borders); differential ... : basal cell ca, ... squamous cell ca ... Indiana University Infectious ... #dermatology #clinical
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... Cholesteatoma • Basal/squamous ... cell CA • Melanoma ... (caries, abscess ... the tragus to differentiate
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
abnormal white blood cell ... 12 000 or <400 cells ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical ... including those caused
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management