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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... Mycobacterial • Fungal ... (Whipple's disease ... tuberculosis) • Fungi
Conditions Associated With Hyperferritinemia 
DDx of extreme hyperferritinemia >10,000
Not just HLH - in fact, most common
Chronic transfusions ... Liver disease 3. ... - Malignancy—Hematologic ... - Infection-Fungai ... Hyperferritinemia #differential
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Chicago disease - Summary ... & Mississippi river ... - Sporadic cases ... inoculation • Clinical ... #fungal
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... or higher • Liver ... bile ducts Differential ... amyloidosis, Bacterial, fungal
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
illness in summer ... 🦪 🦀 sepsis: chronic ... liver disease, ... immunosuppressive meds, chronic ... #legs #clinical
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... Naegleria fowleri • Chronic ... is biphasic • Clinical ... Meningitis - Liver ... - And, in rare cases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management Summary ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Lung Abscess Differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... Hematologic malignancy ... (elevations of liver ... NTM #Infections #differential
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Valley Fever - Summary ... disseminated disease • Clinical ... , eyes, heart, liver ... - Symptomatic chronic ... #fungal