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Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
of invasive GAS disease ... rash, soft tissue necrosis ... STSS Treatment ... BIDMC Infectious Diseases ... Syndrome #STSS #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Etiology: • Necrosis ... Tissue necrosis ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... continue antibiotic treatment ... several months of treatment
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... with response to treatment ... Non-specific: • No necrosis ... IgG4+ cells" Treatment ... IgG4 #Related #Disease
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
trauma, avascular necrosis ... , Lyme disease, ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... patient admitted for treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Immunosuppression • Tumor necrosis ... granulomas with central necrosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Syndrome Systemic disease ... Inflammatory eye disease ... • Neurologic Disease ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... alfa, or tumor necrosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Immunosuppression • Tumor necrosis ... granulomas with central necrosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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from subclinical disease ... Findings (eg Bridging Necrosis ... regarding need for treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... glomerulonephritis (fibrinoid necrosis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) is a common complication of longstanding diabetes, and it is associated with
peripheral arterial disease ... follow antibiotic treatment ... in ischemic or necrotic