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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Blood transfusion
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... disease, drug reactions ... to exclude are infections ... pulses, bruis, or blood ... Large Vessel: Blood
Stoma Indications, Output and Complications

Stoma Types:
 • End ileostomy
 • Loop ileostomy
 • End colostomy
 •
Ileal conduit Cutaneous ... pink/mauve: new blood ... malnutrition), purpura (vasculitis ... • Retraction, Skin ... Complications #diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... Differential Diagnosis ... disease, drug reactions ... pulses, bruits, or blood ... tract, and often causes
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... SLE) - Viral infections ... APLS • Acute Infectious ... fever • Drug reactions
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• They can cause ... - Purpura - Skin ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... Labs/Diagnosis: ... Henoch-Schönlein purpura) • Cutaneous
Skin Ulcers by Etiology - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
 • Trauma
 • Pressure
 • Radiation
Vascular:
 • Arterial
Skin Ulcers by Etiology ... insufficiency • Vasculitis ... Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous ... Cryoglobulinemia Infectious ... #Algorithm #causes
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Causes purpura & ... include: fever, cutaneous ... Infection - Infection ... skin flora (GPCs ... #Transfusion #diagnosis
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
: • Leptospirosis ... of malaria diagnosed ... renal function • Blood ... polymerase-chain-reaction ... a chest film; blood-smear
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
GPA causes disease ... Differential Diagnosis ... cell arteritis Infections ... diseases • Fungal infections ... (inflamed blood