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Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... Inhalation of spores ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... : • Serology for ... #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... Transverse #Myelitis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
/year Facultative ... tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... (NTM) • Fungal ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
cases/100,000 per year ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... response preceding infection ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
/year Facultative ... tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... (NTM) • Fungal ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
per 100,000 per year ... to a preceding infection ... • Most common infection ... the underlying pathophysiology ... #management #neurology
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Findings in or Near ... A superficial infection ... manicuring, psoriasis, fungal ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis ... Clinical #Signs #PhysicalExam
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Behcet disease • Infections ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... /EGPA • RA Diagnosis ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management