12 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 ... the collar bone, breast ... and lower jaw Treatment ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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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
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
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
risk factors, management ... #management #medications ... #causes #atopy ... Breast-feeding and ... Pedersen MS, Benros
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
poor nutrition Clinical ... , shortness of breath ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... , or any other cause ... vasculitis Treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
disease that is caused ... three weeks Clinical ... , and perianal areas ... Respiratory distress Treatment ... MPOX #Diagnosis #Management