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Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vibrio Vulnificus ... Vibrio vulnificus ... Rapid onset of fever ... sepsis: chronic liver ... legs #clinical #photo
Vibrio vulnificus Infection- At the time of presentation, hemorrhagic bullae measuring 3.5 by 4.5 cm had
Vibrio vulnificus ... urgently, and Vibrio ... including chronic liver ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #vibrio #
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Disseminated Intravascular ... without significant fibrin ... DIC • Severe Liver ... bleeding #DIC #Disseminated ... causes #treatment #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
- Nonremitting fever ... thrombocytopenia • Liver ... ALT ↑ bilirubin level ... PT ↑ PTT • ↑ Fibrin ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Algorithm for the outpatient management of thrombocytopenia. 
(DIC = disseminated intravascular coagulation; EDTA = ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid;
the outpatient management ... (DIC = disseminated ... hemolysis, elevated liver ... #Diagnosis #Management
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioides): Valley Fever ... higher risk for disseminated ... , eyes, heart, liver ... Diagnosis • Management ... ValleyFever #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
chills, headache Disseminated ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... Increased protein level ... normal glucose level ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management