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Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Tolerance (reduced sensitivity ... to effects of EtOH ... exacerbated by EtOH ... #Pathophysiology
Vibrio vulnificus Infection- At the time of presentation, hemorrhagic bullae measuring 3.5 by 4.5 cm had
Vibrio vulnificus Infection ... can cause skin infections ... increased risk for infection ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #vibrio #
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... overlook severe infections ... likelihood of negative clinical ... Bandemia had a sensitivity ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Figure 1: Corneal ring infiltrate in a patient with #Acanthamoeba #keratitis.  Acanthamoeba keratitis is a
rare parasitic infection ... The infection may ... Later stromal involvement ... #clinical #photo
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Drugs (Statins), ETOH ... Infection (Viral ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology ... Iinitial rate: 1
Dirofilaria repens- Patient had first noted a nodule below her left eye (Panel A). Five days
Five days later, ... Dirofilaria #repens #clinical ... #photo #NEJM #parasite
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Statins - ETOH ... - Infection - ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... • Hypocalcemia/Late ... • HAGMA • Late
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
treatment, the infection ... the latent and late ... lesions—Condyloma lata—on ... Rash #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
nausea. 2hrs later ... fulminans) and critical ... - BIDMC Infectious ... Fulminans #Skin #Rash #clinical ... #photo
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Pathogenesis and clinical ... roughly double this rate ... susceptibility to infection ... especially bacterial infections ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology