Lactante, 9 meses: lesiones peribucales, edema palpebral, conjuntivitis, xerosis peribucal con costras melicéricas, eritrodermia generalizada y lesiones en cuello, extremidades superiores y glúteos, con signo de Nikolsky +. 1/5
@ContinuumAEP@aepediatria La enfermedad de Ritter está causada por cepas de estafilococo productoras de toxinas que se dirigen al complejo desmogleína 1 en la zona granulosa de la epidermis, provocando la exfoliación de la piel. 3/5
@ContinuumAEP@aepediatria El principal diagnóstico diferencial es la necrólisis epidérmica tóxica o enfermedad de Lyell, que es más frecuente y afecta mucosas, estando relacionada con la exposición a fármacos y tiene un patrón histológico distinto. 4/5
@ContinuumAEP@aepediatria Tratamiento del SINDROME DE PIEL ESCALDADA ESTAFILOCÓCICA:
✔️antibióticos que cubren el Staphylococcus aureus sensible a la meticilina como cloxacilina o cefazolina
✔️vancomicina si se sospecha S. aureus resistente a la meticilina 5/5
A 59-YO DM, steroid, myasthenia gravis with thymoma: headache & deviation of tongue to the R side with fasciculation suggestive of right 12th cranial nerve palsy
CT: sphenoid sclerotic changes, soft tissue density lesion with calcification. 1/9
MRI brain: a hypointense lesion involving the body of sphenoid (R > L) and clivus on T2 weighted images and T1 weighted images with moderate contrast enhancement possibly fungal in aetiology. 2/9
A 5-YO♂️ with a history of IgA vasculitis & a pustular nasal lesions had started scabbing after 2 days of systemic glucocorticoids: progressively painful skin ulcerations of L forearm (A), R calf (B) & R foot (C). 1/4
With the exception of West & Central Africa, the outbreak continues to primarily affect:
📌men who have sex with men
📌who have reported recent sex with one or multiple partners.
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Regionally, risk:
✔️as High in the Americas
✔️as Moderate in the African Region, Eastern Mediterranean Region, European Region & the South-East Asia Region.
✔️as Low in the Western Pacific Region
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The 10 most affected countries:
📌United States of America
📌Brazil
📌Spain
📌France
📌Colombia
📌The United Kingdom
📌Germany
📌Peru
📌Mexico and
📌Canada
Together, these countries account for 86.0% of the #monkeypox cases reported globally.
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Loa loa is one of three parasitic filarial nematodes that cause subcutaneous filariasis in humans.
The other two are Mansonella streptocerca and Onchocerca volvulus (causes river blindness). 3/4