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DRESS Syndrome vs SJS/TEN
DRESS
 • Latency: 2-8 weeks
 • Rash: Morbilliform
 • Mucosal involvement: 50% have
: 2-8 weeks • Rash ... with erosions • CBC ... Tubulointerstitial nephritis • Skin ... : 4-28 days • Rash ... Prerenal azotemia • Skin
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
(blue-purple) rash ... • Erythematous rash ... ulcerations • Skin ... ulcerations • Auricular skin ... 50% of cases • Skin
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Infections Timeline Pre-transplant ... Staphylococci (skin ... Staphylococci (skin ... diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
stage into the skin ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Syndrome) is a skin ... inflamed or blistered skin ... sudden onset of a rash ... - Rash: multiple ... - CBC may also
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
encyst in the skin ... Metacercariae in flesh or skin ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Pigmented Purpuric Dermatoses (PPD) - Capillaritis

Group of chronic, benign, cutaneous eruptions characterized by the presence of
Purpuric Dermatoses (PPD ... and increased skin ... and increased skin ... deposited into the skin ... brown tint of the rash
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
larva penetrates skin ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Dermatomyositis (DM) and Polymyositis (PM): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Elevated Antinuclear Antibodies: Anti-Jo-1, Anti-OJ, Anti-Mi2, Anti-SRP, Anti-EJ,
processes occur in the skin ... -> Heliotrope Rash ... regeneration, diffuse CD8
CDC - HOW TO SAFELY REMOVE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) 
There are a variety of ways
CDC - HOW TO SAFELY ... PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE ... safely remove PPE ... your clothing, skin ... Remove PPE in the