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Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
rapidly evolving rash ... marine microbiota & causes ... in 5 BC as foot cellulitis ... immunosuppressive meds ... #cellulitis #dermatology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... Mitochondrial myopathy
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
& hemorrhagic rash ... Vesicular & pruritic rash ... encephalitis and cellulitis ... > Inflammation causes ... #Immunization #peds
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
non-specific skin rash ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... cognitive deficits, myelopathy ... diarrhea • Copper - Myelopathy
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome ... sudden onset of a rash ... - Rash: multiple ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... dermatitis - Cellulitis
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
Orbital Apex Syndrome ... possible orbital cellulitis ... improvement in the rash ... other potential causes ... Orbital Apex Syndrome
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... SLE • Mikulicz syndrome ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... demyelinating disease, myelopathy ... effusion, INC risk PE
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Symptoms: • Gottron rash ... Antisynthetase syndrome ... muscle weakness PE ... • If myopathy ... statins - probably caused