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Aug 23, 2020 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
It's the weekend, which means it is an excellent time to learn some #infectiousdiseases#IDboardreview:
A woman with a bioprosthetic valve p/w with a lower extremity rash x 4 months. Nephrotic range proteinuria and looking at the urine showed dymorphic RBCs. Rash as below:
What is the most likely cause of her syndrome?
Aug 14, 2020 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Ready for a #tweetorial? 68 yo man from Ecuador #COVID-19 positive, got tocilzumab and 3 courses of methylpred, HD12 became bacteremic with Strep constellatus and Citrorbacter freundii, HD 18 grew some Pseudomonas and MSSA in the sputum but the chocolate agar also showed this:
What other organism is in the sputum?