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#idboardreview patient on chronic steroids with bilateral lung nodules and skin lesions. Skin AFB stain shown. dx? #meded #idmeded #IDtwitter 
#Nocardia species form long, branching, beaded filaments. Organisms that stain with #modified #AFB:
Mycobacterium species
Legionella micdadei (in specimens only)
Nocardia species
Rhodococcus species
Tsukamurella species &
Gordonia species
#iddailypearl
Mycobacterium species
Legionella micdadei (in specimens only)
Nocardia species
Rhodococcus species
Tsukamurella species &
Gordonia species
#iddailypearl
Is Ivanka Trump The New Face Of Privilege And Global Suffering, In Places Like The U.S. And India?
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#IvankaTrump #Trump* #India #UnitedStates #World
"This is not the first time Ivanka Trump has used “cheap stunts” to improve her image and brand. ..
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#IvankaTrump #Trump* #India #UnitedStates #World
"This is not the first time Ivanka Trump has used “cheap stunts” to improve her image and brand. ..
.. She recently pledged to bring justice for #NativeAmerican families afflicted by higher rates of violence, homicide, and human trafficking by opening the nation’s first Indian Affairs task force office dedicated to solving cold cases of missing and murdered American Indians...
... and #Alaska Natives. #NativeAmerican women and tribal leaders however remain skeptical towards her commitment to resolving the root causes of violence against #Indigenous women and providing adequate federal resources. (2) They point to a lack of concern during the last...
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56M Mexico. Chronic abdominal pain, weight loss, anorexia.
Work up: elevated markers (CA19-9, CA-125, AFP). CXR normal. CT peritoneal carcinomatosis.
Laparoscopy (photo). Biopsy showed granuloma. What is your DDx? #MayoIDQ MCQ next...
56M Mexico. Chronic abdominal pain, weight loss, anorexia.
Work up: elevated markers (CA19-9, CA-125, AFP). CXR normal. CT peritoneal carcinomatosis.
Laparoscopy (photo). Biopsy showed granuloma. What is your DDx? #MayoIDQ MCQ next...
#MayoIDQ
Thank you for your responses.
Culture of tissue (peritoneal nodules) of this 56M (see prior tweet) with granuloma on biopsy: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Resistant to pyrazinamide.
Which of these choices is the most likely mechanism of transmission?
Thank you for your responses.
Culture of tissue (peritoneal nodules) of this 56M (see prior tweet) with granuloma on biopsy: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Resistant to pyrazinamide.
Which of these choices is the most likely mechanism of transmission?
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Case diagnosis: Peritoneal #tuberculosis due to #Mycobacterium #bovis
Path: granuloma and positive #AFB stain
Culture: M tuberculosis complex
Clue: #PZA resistance —> THINK M. bovis
Reported by @GaboMotoa during his rotation in Mayo Clinic
doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3…
Case diagnosis: Peritoneal #tuberculosis due to #Mycobacterium #bovis
Path: granuloma and positive #AFB stain
Culture: M tuberculosis complex
Clue: #PZA resistance —> THINK M. bovis
Reported by @GaboMotoa during his rotation in Mayo Clinic
doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3…
