Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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Academic Hospitalist and Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes, Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/rav7ks
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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... Tuberculin skin ... infection • Recent ... viral infections ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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parvovirus B19 infection ... parvovirus B19 infection ... Sarcoidosis #dermatology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Diagnosis: Latent ... • Tuberculin skin ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Vasculitis Involving the Skin - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary: 50% Cutaneous Vasculitis: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Secondary: CTD: SLE, RA
Involving the Skin ... - Differential Diagnosis ... related vasculitis, infections ... #dermatology #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
Differential Diagnosis ... cell arteritis Infections ... diseases • Fungal infections ... Polyangiitis #GPA #dermatology ... #rash #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Diagnosis: Latent ... • Tuberculin skin ... Treatment: Active ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... SLE) - Viral infections ... #hematology #rheumatology ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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e.g., HIV), EBV infection ... Etiology: - Infections ... Solid Tumors • Tuberculosis ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #hematology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
, breast CA - Hematologic ... Upper respiratory infection ... gastrointestinal infection ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #dermatology #oncology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
- Differential Diagnosis ... : • helminth infections ... • Tuberculosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #hematology