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Gout of the Knee: Image on right demonstrates redness and swelling caused by acute gouty arthritis.
. skin changes seen ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Gouty # ... Arthritis #Knees ... #Comparison #UCSDH
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
effects in the treatment ... hallucinations, rashes ... tolerable • Limited clinical ... #valleyfever #management ... #comparison #table
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... NPSLE rare, Malar rash ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis ... , Skin rash ± odynophagia ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
effects in the treatment ... , and photoxic skin ... hallucinations, rashes ... Weaknesses: Limited clinical ... #pharmacology #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... chills, muscle aches ... fungal stain of clinical ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... required due to skip ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... renal failure Clinical ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... nodes: 13-15%, skin ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioidomycosis ... disseminated disease • Clinical ... involvement in >95% of cases ... extrapulmonary sites: skin ... Diagnosis • Management
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Diagnosis and Management ... system (CNS) • skin ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... stable patients ... Fever #Diagnosis #Management