18 results
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Overcrowded urban areas ... non-productive cough, nausea ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... microbiology #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Rule out other causes ... radiographs of affected areas ... bone, breast bone ... and lower jaw Treatment ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Posterior staphyloma on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

Patient presents bilateral posterior staphylomas and areas of scarring and fibrosis
on Fundoscopy Ocular ... staphylomas and areas ... Scarring #Retina #Ocular ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology
Eyelid Pyogenic Granuloma

Pyogenic granulomas are benign vascular proliferations. The most common areas affected around the eyes
The most common areas ... Granuloma #Eyelid #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #ocular #ophthalmology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... travel to endemic areas ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... routine O&P • Clinical ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... the Management ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical ... including those caused
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
acetate to help with ocular ... receive proper treatment ... is no mainstay treatment ... Ophthalmicus #HZO #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... poor nutrition Clinical ... , shortness of breath ... , or any other cause ... vasculitis Treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... support for patients clinically ... #cardiology #treatment