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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... blood cultures should ... an accessible joint ... Painless) Purulent Arthritis ... afebrile • Acute
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
the time course (acute ... axial (spine, shoulders ... MONOARTHRITIS • Acute ... asymmetric pattern Acute ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
of the affected joint ... antibodies, which are ... ANAs RF test should ... Screening Tests for Acute ... • Sacroiliac joint
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
(shoulders, wrists ... Wrist, MCP or shoulder ... joints Think ... Syndrome: • A rare ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... muscle aches, joint ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management