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A 44-yo♂️, HIV +, CD4 cell count of 86/mL, viral load of 35,900 copies/mL: a 1-month history of fevers and pruritic blackish-brown lamellated plaques on the limbs and scalp.
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DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2213894
#IDtwitter #dermatology
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DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2213894
#IDtwitter #dermatology
A RPR titer of 1:32.
A Treponema pallidum particle agglutination: ➕.
A skin-biopsy of the left forearm 🔬: diffuse dermal lymphocytes and histiocytes admixed with a plasma-cell infiltrate.
MALIGNANT SYPHILIS
2/4
#microbiology #dermpath #RareInfection
A Treponema pallidum particle agglutination: ➕.
A skin-biopsy of the left forearm 🔬: diffuse dermal lymphocytes and histiocytes admixed with a plasma-cell infiltrate.
MALIGNANT SYPHILIS
2/4
#microbiology #dermpath #RareInfection
Malignant #syphilis:
- uncommon form of secondary syphilis
- primarily affects immunocompromised persons.
-skin manifestations are varied, ranging from ulceronodular lesions to oyster shell–like crusts
3/4
#primarycare #MedTwitter #Awareness
- uncommon form of secondary syphilis
- primarily affects immunocompromised persons.
-skin manifestations are varied, ranging from ulceronodular lesions to oyster shell–like crusts
3/4
#primarycare #MedTwitter #Awareness
Human #intestinal #spirochetosis:
✔️#sexual #transmitted infections
✔️of the large intestine by anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Brachyspira spp.
1/10
🖊️A De Gea, @alfredomaldo ,@clarapath, @MarianaDazAlmi1, @alirri, Raquel Escudero, et al.
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sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
✔️#sexual #transmitted infections
✔️of the large intestine by anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Brachyspira spp.
1/10
🖊️A De Gea, @alfredomaldo ,@clarapath, @MarianaDazAlmi1, @alirri, Raquel Escudero, et al.
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sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
@alfredomaldo @clarapath @MarianaDazAlmi1 @alirri Gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, proctitis, or chronic diarrhea are the most common manifestations.
Most cases with accompanying symptoms show improvement with metronidazole antibiotic therapy.
2/10
#IntestinalSpirochetosis
Most cases with accompanying symptoms show improvement with metronidazole antibiotic therapy.
2/10
#IntestinalSpirochetosis
Routine staining methods (haematoxylin & eosin & Warthin-Starry) can identify spirochetes on the surface of enterocytes.
Histologically, characteristic findings include a decrease in microvilli &a predominantly eosinophilic inflammatory infiltrate.
3/10
#Pathologists #pathology
Histologically, characteristic findings include a decrease in microvilli &a predominantly eosinophilic inflammatory infiltrate.
3/10
#Pathologists #pathology
A 31-YO♂️, #sexually active with 2♂️partners in the previous month: 8 days before redness of the R eye, an itchy perianal rash & rectal pain; scattered, tender, shallow ulcers & pustules on chest (A), abdomen (B), back (C) & perianal (D)
1/9
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#proctology
1/9
nej.md/44ILgLy
#proctology
PCR from the perianal vesicel:➕for nonvariola orthopoxvirus DNA.
Species-specific PCR: ➕for #mpox virus, clade II.
The patient reported a new rash with numerous ulcer on his chest, abdomen, and back
MPOX (formerly known as #monkeypox)
2/9
#MolBiol #virology
Species-specific PCR: ➕for #mpox virus, clade II.
The patient reported a new rash with numerous ulcer on his chest, abdomen, and back
MPOX (formerly known as #monkeypox)
2/9
#MolBiol #virology
During the next 2 days, the patient took tecovirimat & reported redness & discomfort of the right eye and become painful
He had learned that mpox had been diagnosed in one of his #sexual partners from the previous month.
Likely MPOX CONJUNTIVITIS
3/9
#ophthalmology #IDtwitter
He had learned that mpox had been diagnosed in one of his #sexual partners from the previous month.
Likely MPOX CONJUNTIVITIS
3/9
#ophthalmology #IDtwitter
An 85-YO in rural Mississippi: months of tender, erythematous plaques & edema on bilateral hands extending to the elbows & on feet extending below the knees with significant pain
🔬skin granulomatous inflammation & numerous AFB
Mycobacterial🧫:➖
1/19
#IDtwitter #dermatology
🔬skin granulomatous inflammation & numerous AFB
Mycobacterial🧫:➖
1/19
#IDtwitter #dermatology
A repeat skin extensive granulomatous inflammation (A), with Ziehl-Neelsen stain clusters of acid-fast bacilli throughout the dermis (B).
Kinyoun stain >9 AFB/high-power field (C & D).
2/19
DOI: doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00…
#dermpath #microbiology
Kinyoun stain >9 AFB/high-power field (C & D).
2/19
DOI: doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00…
#dermpath #microbiology
Molecular identification: 100% identity to multiple Mycobacterium leprae
BORDERLINE LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY WITH REVERSAL REACTION
3/19
#MedTwitter #MolBiol
BORDERLINE LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY WITH REVERSAL REACTION
3/19
#MedTwitter #MolBiol
A 44-YO♂️, stayed in a rural cottage of France 2 weeks previously: cramping upper abdominal pain with watery diarrhea.
He had passed what he thought were worms in his feces
Eosinophilia
1/6
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#GITwitter #IDtwitter #microbiology
He had passed what he thought were worms in his feces
Eosinophilia
1/6
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#GITwitter #IDtwitter #microbiology
The specimens: identified as the larvae of the drone fly, Eristalis tenax
These larvae are 2.5–3 cm in length; the posterior tube gives them the name of “rat-tailed maggots”
INTESTINAL MYASIS CAUSED BY ERISTALIS TENAX LARVA
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doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#parasites #GIPath #Doctor
These larvae are 2.5–3 cm in length; the posterior tube gives them the name of “rat-tailed maggots”
INTESTINAL MYASIS CAUSED BY ERISTALIS TENAX LARVA
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doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#parasites #GIPath #Doctor
Myiasis caused by E. tenax:
✔️rare but have been
✔️reported from various countries including Europe
✔️most often intestinal myiasis, but cases of infestation of the nasal cavity, urinary tract, and vagina have been described.
3/6
#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
✔️rare but have been
✔️reported from various countries including Europe
✔️most often intestinal myiasis, but cases of infestation of the nasal cavity, urinary tract, and vagina have been described.
3/6
#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
A 26-YO♂️ no #sexual contacts other than with his male partner: 6-day of fever, malaise, a swollen parotid gland, & ulcerative lesion on the ipsilateral lower lip.
Mild lymphopenia
⬆️GGT & CRP
1/6
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…
#IDtwitter #dermatology #EarNoseThroat
Mild lymphopenia
⬆️GGT & CRP
1/6
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…
#IDtwitter #dermatology #EarNoseThroat
PCRs on the throat & ulcer swabs:➕for human #monkeypox (hMPX)
Genomic sequencing: clade IIb variant clustering within the current international mpox virus outbreak
PAROTIDITIS CAUSED BY hMPX virus
2/6
#sexually #maxillofacial #microbiology
Genomic sequencing: clade IIb variant clustering within the current international mpox virus outbreak
PAROTIDITIS CAUSED BY hMPX virus
2/6
#sexually #maxillofacial #microbiology
7 days after initial presentation, his clinical condition had improved together with a decrease in the parotid swelling and the size of the ulcer.
3/6
#MedTwitter #Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
3/6
#MedTwitter #Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
A 58-YO♂️, DM, fever & L lower quadrant abdominal pain 2 months prior: acute R-sided back pain, & 3/6 diastolic murmur at R upper sternal border.
CT: a R renal infarction & splenic embolism
MR: multiple infarctions
1/7
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#Cardiology #medicine #cardiologia
CT: a R renal infarction & splenic embolism
MR: multiple infarctions
1/7
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#Cardiology #medicine #cardiologia
Transesophageal echocardiography: a vegetation and severe aortic regurgitation.
Blood 🧫: Cardiobacterium hominis
CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL, RENAL, AND SPLENIC INFARCTIONS
2/7
#IDtwitter #microbiology
Blood 🧫: Cardiobacterium hominis
CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL, RENAL, AND SPLENIC INFARCTIONS
2/7
#IDtwitter #microbiology
The patient received antibiotic therapy and surgical aortic valve replacement, and he was doing well without major complications.
3/7
#infecciosas #MedTwitter #Doctor
3/7
#infecciosas #MedTwitter #Doctor
A 71-YO therapy for multiple mieloma, voriconazole for Aspergillus fumigatus sinusitis, prophylaxis with TMP-SMX: febrile neutropenia, nodular lesion on abdominal wall
CT: pulmonary nodule unchanged in last a month
🔬biopsy of pulmonary nodule?
1/8
#Pathologists #haematology
CT: pulmonary nodule unchanged in last a month
🔬biopsy of pulmonary nodule?
1/8
#Pathologists #haematology
🔬: Histiocytic process with granular basophilic cytoplasm and Michaelis-Gutmann bodies (arrows), positive for calcium with von Kossa special stain (arrowhead); findings pathognomonic for malakoplakia.
PULMONARY MALAKOPLAQUIA
2/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#pathTwitter
PULMONARY MALAKOPLAQUIA
2/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#pathTwitter
🧫of the pulmonary nodule:➖
🧫biopsy of the abdominal wall lesion: Rhodococcus equi resistant to TMP-SMX, but susceptible to rifampicin, vancomycin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, & imipenem.
RHODOCOCCUS EQUI SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS
3/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#microbiology
🧫biopsy of the abdominal wall lesion: Rhodococcus equi resistant to TMP-SMX, but susceptible to rifampicin, vancomycin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, & imipenem.
RHODOCOCCUS EQUI SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS
3/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#microbiology
A 57-YO Mexican♀️, works on a farm has several pets, including dogs, at home: epigastric fullness, and a 15-pound weight loss.
CT: complex cystic left liver mass.
1/5
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#gastroenterology #radiology #medicine
CT: complex cystic left liver mass.
1/5
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#gastroenterology #radiology #medicine
Resection: Cyst wall (red➡️), daughter cysts (*) normal liver tissue (yellow⬅️)
🔬acellular laminated wall (*), inner germinal layer (black⬅️), & protoscoleces surrounded by a broad capsule (green⬅️). Refractile hooklets (blue⬅️) & calcareous bodies (red⬅️)
2/5
#GIPath #IDtwitter
🔬acellular laminated wall (*), inner germinal layer (black⬅️), & protoscoleces surrounded by a broad capsule (green⬅️). Refractile hooklets (blue⬅️) & calcareous bodies (red⬅️)
2/5
#GIPath #IDtwitter
ECHINOCOCCAL CYST
The patient underwent total excision of the cyst followed by albendazole therapy for 4 weeks.
3/5
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#microbiology #GITwitter #MedStudentTwitter
The patient underwent total excision of the cyst followed by albendazole therapy for 4 weeks.
3/5
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#microbiology #GITwitter #MedStudentTwitter
A 50-YO ♀️ bitten by her pet rat: fever, myalgia, sore throat, headaches a nonpruritic rash on extremities including palms & soles, arthralgias, knees arthritis.
A punctate wound with central necrosis on L palm, & her R thumb.
1/9
#rheumatology #internalmedicine #dermatology
A punctate wound with central necrosis on L palm, & her R thumb.
1/9
#rheumatology #internalmedicine #dermatology
Leukocytosis with neutrophilia
ESR & PCR:⬆️
Purulent R knee synovial fluid:
✔️46 000 cells/mL (88% neutrophils).
✔️Gram stain: scant pleomorphic gram-negative bacilli in chains with lateral bulbar swellings
2/9
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#microbiology #rheumatologist
ESR & PCR:⬆️
Purulent R knee synovial fluid:
✔️46 000 cells/mL (88% neutrophils).
✔️Gram stain: scant pleomorphic gram-negative bacilli in chains with lateral bulbar swellings
2/9
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#microbiology #rheumatologist
Synovial fluid 🧫culture: Streptobacillus moniliformis identified by biochemical testing & confirmed by MALDI-TOF.
RAT BITE FEVER (RBF) WITH SEPTIC ARTHRITIS DUE STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS
3/9
#bacteriology #IDtwitter #microbiología
RAT BITE FEVER (RBF) WITH SEPTIC ARTHRITIS DUE STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS
3/9
#bacteriology #IDtwitter #microbiología
A 17-YO♀️, unprotected #sexual intercourse with multiple male partners: a 1-month history of pruritic genital lesions, multiple smooth, grayish-white papules & plaques were noted on the vulva & upper inner thighs.
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2207538
#gynecology #womenshealth
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2207538
#gynecology #womenshealth
A Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay:➕
Rapid plasma reagin titer: ➕1:16.
CONDYLOMA LATA OF SECONDARY SYPHILIS
2/5
#microbiology #gynecologist #primarycare
Rapid plasma reagin titer: ➕1:16.
CONDYLOMA LATA OF SECONDARY SYPHILIS
2/5
#microbiology #gynecologist #primarycare
✔️Testing for other sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection: ➖
✔️Counseling on the importance of condom use
✔️IM penicillin G benzathine
At the 1-month follow-up visit, the lesions had resolved, and the RPR was 1:8.
3/5
#dermtwitter #IDtwitter #MedTwitter
✔️Counseling on the importance of condom use
✔️IM penicillin G benzathine
At the 1-month follow-up visit, the lesions had resolved, and the RPR was 1:8.
3/5
#dermtwitter #IDtwitter #MedTwitter
A 29-YO♂️, 6 months before, HIV + & non–drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, antiretroviral & 4-drug antituberculous therapy initiated but soon reduced to rifampin & isoniazid only: abdominal pain on the L side
CT: ?
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2206174
#radiologist #GITwitter
CT: ?
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2206174
#radiologist #GITwitter
CT: an enlarged spleen with numerous hypodense lesions (A).
CD4 cell count: 119/mm3
VIH viral load: 1778 copies/mm3
A splenectomy was performed to evaluate for cancer:
numerous necrotic nodules with purulent discharge (B).
2/5
#microbiology #gastroenterology #IDtwitter
CD4 cell count: 119/mm3
VIH viral load: 1778 copies/mm3
A splenectomy was performed to evaluate for cancer:
numerous necrotic nodules with purulent discharge (B).
2/5
#microbiology #gastroenterology #IDtwitter
🔬granulomatous inflammation with caseous necrosis (C) and acid-fast bacilli (D, arrowheads).
A tissue🧫: ➖
PCR: ➕for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
SPLENIC TUBERCULOSIS
3/5
#bacteriology #MedTwitter #GIPath
A tissue🧫: ➖
PCR: ➕for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
SPLENIC TUBERCULOSIS
3/5
#bacteriology #MedTwitter #GIPath
A 17-YO: a 3-week of dizziness, headache, & weakness of the R leg
MR: ring-enhancing lesions in the frontal lobe & basal ganglia on the L side (A; T1-W) as well as surrounding edema & midline shift (B; T2-W)
1/6
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
#neurology #radiology #IDTwitter
MR: ring-enhancing lesions in the frontal lobe & basal ganglia on the L side (A; T1-W) as well as surrounding edema & midline shift (B; T2-W)
1/6
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
#neurology #radiology #IDTwitter
IgG ab for Echinococcus multilocularis & E. granulosus: ➖
Surgical excision🔬: necrotic tissue, granulomatous inflammation, echinococcal laminated membrane (C, arrow) & an intact cyst (D, arrow)
RT-PCR: ➕for E. multilocularis
2/6
#parasitology #Pathologists #pathology
Surgical excision🔬: necrotic tissue, granulomatous inflammation, echinococcal laminated membrane (C, arrow) & an intact cyst (D, arrow)
RT-PCR: ➕for E. multilocularis
2/6
#parasitology #Pathologists #pathology
CT imaging of the chest and abdomen did not show any other sites of disease.
CEREBRAL ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS
3/6
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
#microbiology #MedTwitter #Doctor
CEREBRAL ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS
3/6
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
#microbiology #MedTwitter #Doctor
A 14-yo ♂️ lived on a farm: a 1-month history of episodic headaches, vomiting, & papilledema
MR: a multiloculated cyst of the brain (A) with a hypointense rim and small projections in T2 phase (B, arrow)
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
#neurology #radiology #pediatric
MR: a multiloculated cyst of the brain (A) with a hypointense rim and small projections in T2 phase (B, arrow)
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
#neurology #radiology #pediatric
Findings suggestive of CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS.
CT of the body: no other sites of disease.
A craniotomy was performed, during which saline irrigation was used to separate the cyst wall from the brain to avoid rupture.
2/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
#IDtwitter #parasitology
CT of the body: no other sites of disease.
A craniotomy was performed, during which saline irrigation was used to separate the cyst wall from the brain to avoid rupture.
2/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
#IDtwitter #parasitology
🔬: an echinococcal laminated membrane lined by a germinal layer with daughter cysts (Panel D, arrows) and protoscolices (inset, arrows) with hooklets (arrowhead).
PRIMARY CEREBRAL CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS FROM ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
3/5
#microbiology #Pathologists #pathology
PRIMARY CEREBRAL CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS FROM ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
3/5
#microbiology #Pathologists #pathology
A 50-YO♂️of North India, visited bat caves & a bird sanctuary in Thailand: multiple plaques & nodules on his face, neck, arms & trunk with hoarseness, fever, weight loss for months
Laryngoscopy: nodules over the tonsils & posterior pharyngeal wall
1/4
#medicine #dermatology
Laryngoscopy: nodules over the tonsils & posterior pharyngeal wall
1/4
#medicine #dermatology
Skin & laryngeal 🔬: histiocytes with intracellular & extracellular PAS+ yeast cells
Skin biopsy🧫: tuberculate macroconidia confirmed as H. capsulatum var. capsulatum
Ab against Histoplasma by ID:➕
DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS
2/4
doi.org/10.3109/136937…
#mycology #IDtwitter
Skin biopsy🧫: tuberculate macroconidia confirmed as H. capsulatum var. capsulatum
Ab against Histoplasma by ID:➕
DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS
2/4
doi.org/10.3109/136937…
#mycology #IDtwitter
Disseminated histoplasmosis involving skin & larynx in an apparently immunocompetent individual
The infection appeared to be imported from Thailand.
The patient responded very well to intravenous amphotericin B followed by itraconazole.
3/4
#microbiology #MedTwitter #Doctor
The infection appeared to be imported from Thailand.
The patient responded very well to intravenous amphotericin B followed by itraconazole.
3/4
#microbiology #MedTwitter #Doctor
A 46-YO ♂️: oropharyngeal lesions, cervical lymphadenopathy, intermittent fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and deteriorating general health.
Needle aspiration from submandibular lymph node: intra- and extracellular yeasts
1/4
DOI:
doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#dermpath #mycology
Needle aspiration from submandibular lymph node: intra- and extracellular yeasts
1/4
DOI:
doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#dermpath #mycology
The histopathology of oral lesion showed features of HISTOPLASMOSIS confirmed later from culture of Histoplasma capsulatum on culture
2/4
#IDtwitter #microbiology #MedTwitter
2/4
#IDtwitter #microbiology #MedTwitter
In immunocompetent hosts, when chronic disseminated histoplasmosis occurs from pulmonary infection, oral ulcers, nodules, and vegetative plaques are common and dissemination to liver, spleen, bone marrow, and other organs is frequent.
3/4
#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter #resident
3/4
#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter #resident
A 37-YO, farmer in India, #HIV+ immunecompromised ♂️, treatment for suspected pulmonary tuberculosis: papulonodular lesions of 3-month duration over the face, neck, trunk, limbs, palms & soles, & oropharynx; fever & generalized lymphadenopathy
🔬: ?
1/7
#IDTwitter #microbiology
🔬: ?
1/7
#IDTwitter #microbiology
🔬: Blastoconidias within the macrophages.
🧫: Histoplama capsulatum: characteristic colony, conversion to yeast form, characteristic🔬appearance.
PROGRESSIVE DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS
2/7
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0432
#dermpath #mycology #internalmedicine
🧫: Histoplama capsulatum: characteristic colony, conversion to yeast form, characteristic🔬appearance.
PROGRESSIVE DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS
2/7
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0432
#dermpath #mycology #internalmedicine
Diagnosis is usually suspected on visualization of characteristic intracellular yeast (blastoconidias), the pathogenic or tisular form, with a clear rim and garnulomatous cellular infiltrate in tissue specimen or lymph node aspirate
3/7
#MedTwitter #Doctor
3/7
#MedTwitter #Doctor
A 31-YO ♂️, sex with men, HIV treatment, HCV: in 2022, fever, cervical lymph nodes & erythemato-squamous papules, with umbilications & ulcerations, vesicles & pustules, & honey-colored crusts on the face, trunk & limbs including his palms & soles
1/7
#IDtwitter #primarycare
1/7
#IDtwitter #primarycare
PCR: ➕for MPXVirus.
#HIV viral load of < 40 copies/mL and a CD4 + count of 167 cells/mm3
#MPOX (MONKEYPOX)
2/7
#healthcare #internalmedicine #microbiology
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#HIV viral load of < 40 copies/mL and a CD4 + count of 167 cells/mm3
#MPOX (MONKEYPOX)
2/7
#healthcare #internalmedicine #microbiology
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
Supportive care of Mpox was provided, namely,
✔️beta-lactams due to bacterial superinfection of the lesions,
✔️in addition to analgesia, which was initially administered with NSAIDs and then escalated to opioids.
3/7
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #dermtwitter
✔️beta-lactams due to bacterial superinfection of the lesions,
✔️in addition to analgesia, which was initially administered with NSAIDs and then escalated to opioids.
3/7
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #dermtwitter
A 32-YO ♂️ sex worker, sex with men unprotected, HIV under treatment: 20 lesions scattered throughout the body of umbilicated, erythematous, violaceous papules with central ulcerations & pustules, fevers, cervical & axillary lymph nodes
1/5
#IDtwitter #primarycare #healthcare
1/5
#IDtwitter #primarycare #healthcare
HIV viral load of 1577 copies/mL and a CD4 + count of 932 cells/mm3
PCR: ➕ for Mpox virus
MPOX (MONKEYPOX)
2/5
#internalmedicine #microbiology doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
PCR: ➕ for Mpox virus
MPOX (MONKEYPOX)
2/5
#internalmedicine #microbiology doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
Mpox had been a neglected disease until May, 2022, and since then, there has been a notorious increase in the number of human monkeypox cases in non-endemic areas
3/5
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #dermtwitter
3/5
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #dermtwitter
A 24-YO♀️: a 10-year of episodes of redness & photophobia in eyes, &⬇️visual acuity
SLE: conjunctival hyperemia & peripheral corneal opacification, inflammation & crystalline deposits on the corneal
⬇️
INTERSTITIAL KERATITIS
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm1709103
#eye #internalmedicine
SLE: conjunctival hyperemia & peripheral corneal opacification, inflammation & crystalline deposits on the corneal
⬇️
INTERSTITIAL KERATITIS
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm1709103
#eye #internalmedicine
Etiologies:
✔️Bacterial: SYPHILIS, Lyme borreliosis, tuberculosis, etc.
✔️Viral: Herpesviridae (HERPES SIMPLEX, H. zoster, E-B)...
✔️Parasitic: Onchocerciasis, Acanthamoeba...
✔️Immune: Cogan's syndrome, contact lens-associated keratitis, autoimmune disease…
2/5
#microbiology
✔️Bacterial: SYPHILIS, Lyme borreliosis, tuberculosis, etc.
✔️Viral: Herpesviridae (HERPES SIMPLEX, H. zoster, E-B)...
✔️Parasitic: Onchocerciasis, Acanthamoeba...
✔️Immune: Cogan's syndrome, contact lens-associated keratitis, autoimmune disease…
2/5
#microbiology
ESR:⬆️& evaluation for infectious causes: unremarkable.
6 months after the diagnosis of interstitial keratitis: vertigo, tinnitus, & hearing loss.
Audiometry: sensorineural hearing loss in both ears.
Clinical findings consistent with COGAN´S SYNDROME
3/5
#Ophthalmology #MedEd
6 months after the diagnosis of interstitial keratitis: vertigo, tinnitus, & hearing loss.
Audiometry: sensorineural hearing loss in both ears.
Clinical findings consistent with COGAN´S SYNDROME
3/5
#Ophthalmology #MedEd
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A 20-YO ♀️, college wrestling, Mexico: itching in the past 2 months, erythematous & fine-scaling papules with annular plaques having a raised border affecting the face, neck, & torso.
1/6
doi: 10.18502/cmm.6.4.5439
#dermatology #primarycare #MedTwitter
1/6
doi: 10.18502/cmm.6.4.5439
#dermatology #primarycare #MedTwitter
KOH: multiple thin & septate hyphae.
🧫, MALDI-TOF-MS: Trichophyton tonsurans
T. tonsurans was isolated in 4 cases belonging to the school fighting team & from one of the training mats
TINEA GLADIATORUM DUE TO TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS IN A SCHOLL WRESTLING TEAN
2/6
#mycology
🧫, MALDI-TOF-MS: Trichophyton tonsurans
T. tonsurans was isolated in 4 cases belonging to the school fighting team & from one of the training mats
TINEA GLADIATORUM DUE TO TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS IN A SCHOLL WRESTLING TEAN
2/6
#mycology
Oral terbinafine for 3 weeks: clinical & mycological cure.
Tinea gladiatorum is a type of dermatophytosis that occurs in combat athletes, such as wrestlers and judo fighters, as a result of Trichophyton species.
3/6
doi: 10.18502/cmm.6.4.5439
#IDtwitter #microbiology #Doctor
Tinea gladiatorum is a type of dermatophytosis that occurs in combat athletes, such as wrestlers and judo fighters, as a result of Trichophyton species.
3/6
doi: 10.18502/cmm.6.4.5439
#IDtwitter #microbiology #Doctor
A 38-YO♂️, #HIV➕: asthenia, fever, & generalized & confluent maculopapular rash predominantly on the back, cervical & inguinal lymphadenopathies, & stippled petechial hemorrhages in the soft palate (Forchheimer’s spots)
Subsequently, pustules appeared
1/5
#emergency #IDtwitter
Subsequently, pustules appeared
1/5
#emergency #IDtwitter
Classic Mpox pustules appeared
PCR:
✔️for measles & rubella➖
✔️for Mpox➕
HUMAN Mpox, although confluent maculopapular rash & Forchheimer’s spots have been reported as classic signs of rubella or measles infections
2/5
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#microbiology #MedTwitter
PCR:
✔️for measles & rubella➖
✔️for Mpox➕
HUMAN Mpox, although confluent maculopapular rash & Forchheimer’s spots have been reported as classic signs of rubella or measles infections
2/5
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#microbiology #MedTwitter
Forchheimer spots, a type of enanthem:
📌sometimes precede the skin rash of rubella.
📌tiny red spots on the soft palate in rubella, measles and scarlet fever.
3/5
#dermatology #internalmedicine #primarycare
📌sometimes precede the skin rash of rubella.
📌tiny red spots on the soft palate in rubella, measles and scarlet fever.
3/5
#dermatology #internalmedicine #primarycare
A 32-YO♀️ from Guatemala, Ph+ B-ALL post #chemotherapy: #dyspnea
CT: ground-glass opacities (2A yellow box), interstitial pulmonary edema with septal thickening (2B yellow circles), & pericardial effusion (2C yellow arrows), lymph nodes (2D yellow arrows)
Eosinophilia
1/7
CT: ground-glass opacities (2A yellow box), interstitial pulmonary edema with septal thickening (2B yellow circles), & pericardial effusion (2C yellow arrows), lymph nodes (2D yellow arrows)
Eosinophilia
1/7
Due to normal ejection fraction, the differential diagnosis of dyspnea included non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, pneumonitis secondary to chemotoxicity, and infection.
2/7
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#haematology #radiology #IDtwitter
2/7
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#haematology #radiology #IDtwitter
She progressed to acute hypoxic respiratory failure.
🔬bronchoalveolar lavage: numerous larvae (3A,3B) with short buccal grove (arrow head) and prominent genital primordium (arrow) consistent with STRONGYLOIDES HYPERINFECTION
3/7
#lungdisease #parasitology #Pathologists
🔬bronchoalveolar lavage: numerous larvae (3A,3B) with short buccal grove (arrow head) and prominent genital primordium (arrow) consistent with STRONGYLOIDES HYPERINFECTION
3/7
#lungdisease #parasitology #Pathologists
