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Antibiotics for Cellulitis

 • Treatment duration
 • When to give antibiotics for abscesses
 • When to
Cellulitis • Treatment ... When to choose IV ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... #Management #Skin ... #InfectiousDiseases
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin ... borrelia, Rubeola, HBV ... Coxsackie, CMV, EBV, HIV ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
to Infectious Disease ... rural → Geographic disease ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... , HIV, Hepatitis ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... - Treatment Ulcers ... : • Treatment: ... Skin manifestations ... #Syndrome #Treatment
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
GI, lung, skin), ... Aspergillus), Viral (HIV ... AI: EGPA, IgG-4 disease ... , Behcet disease ... Chronic inflammatory disease
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... thrombophlebitis Skin ... Herpes zoster - HIV ... - Lyme disease ... ulcers - Shiny skin
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... sweats (28%) • Skin ... antibody test) Treatment ... disease progression
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
with more severe disease ... Associated with skin ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Treatment: •
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... response to local skin ... retinal damage) • Skin ... test (this is a skin ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome ... VASCULITIS: • Behçet Syndrome ... • Cogan Syndrome ... Cryoglobulins • HIV ... • HBV HCV