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Short Diagnosis
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Description of Case |
Case No.
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Helminths
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| Hookworm-related Cutaneous Larva Migrans due to Ancylostoma braziliense. |
2015-09
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| Cutaneous Larva Migrans due to Ancylostoma braziliense. |
2017-02
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| Ascaris lumbricoides with pancreatitis and acute biliary obstruction. |
2002-05
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| Massive infestation with Ascaris lumbricoides. |
2018-02
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| Ancylostoma braziliense. Severe case with involvement of trunk and extremities. |
2006-06
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| Ancylostoma braziliense infection in two brothers. |
2007-11
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Complicated multivesicular pulmonary cyst with erosion through the diaphragm. |
2001-01
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Large liver cyst. |
2003-03
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Pulmonary hydatid disease. |
2005-10
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Acute rupture of large hydatid cyst into a main bronchus. |
2008-02
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Splenic and extrahepatic hydatidosis. |
2009-07
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Bilateral pulmonary hydatid cysts. Acute rupture of left cyst into a main bronchus. |
2010-05
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Pulmonary and hepatic hydatid cysts. |
2011-05
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Acute traumatic rupture of hydatid cyst into peritoneum with anaphylaxis. |
2012-05
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Multiple abdominal and pelvic cysts at different stages including a calcified cyst. |
2012-11
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Pulmonary hydatid with floating membranes on CT scan. |
2013-01
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Massive cerebral hydatidosis with multiple parenchymal cerebral, brain stem and a right cerebellar cyst. |
2014-05
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| Echinococcus granulosus. Hydatid of the lung. |
2015-04
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| Echinococcus granulosus with intrabiliary rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst. |
2017-11
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| Fasciola hepatica chronic infection and dilatation of the common bile duct. |
2002-06
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| Subcapsular liver hematoma due to Fasciola hepatica infection (acute phase). |
2019-05
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| Fasciola hepatica. Acute form with larval tracks seen in liver. |
2003-12
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| Fasciola hepatica infection, acute phase with larval tracks in liver. |
2005-02
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| Subcapsular hematoma due to Fasciola hepatica infection, acute phase. |
2010-08
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| Fasciola hepatica infection, acute phase. |
2015-05
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| Fasciola hepatica, chronic form with ectopic cutaneous lesion. |
2017-06
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| Fasciola hepatica infection. |
2018-08
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| Gnathostoma sp. causing larva migrans. |
2003-01
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| Gnathostoma sp. Cutaneous involvement of head, neck, chest. |
2012-10
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| Taenia solium neurocysticercosis. |
2005-05
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| Taenia solium neurocysticercosis. A case that demonstrates in the same patient 3 different kinds of intraparenchymal lesions seen on CT scan. |
2006-04
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| Taenia solium. Neurocysticercosis. |
2019-11
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| Taenia solium neurocysticercosis. Parenchymal, intraventricular and subarachnoid cysts. |
2007-02
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| Neurocysticercosis due to Taenia solium. Cysticerci in soft tissue and with calcification on x-ray. |
2008-05
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| Neurocysticercosis due to Taenia solium with multiple intraparenchymal lesions refractory to standard therapy. |
2010-02
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| Taenia solium neurocysticercosis. Cerebral and soft tissue cysts. |
2011-06
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| Taenia solium neurocysticercosis. Single subarachnoid cyst at optic chiasm. |
2014-01
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| Taenia solium neurocysticercosis. Parenchymal form. |
2017-05
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| Paragonimus mexicanus. Pulmonary and cutaneous. |
2007-01
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| Paragonimus mexicanus. Pulmonary paragonimiasis. |
2016-10
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| Strongyloides stercoralis. Hyperinfection secondary to HTLV-1 infection. Upper endoscopic images. |
2007-04
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| Disseminated fatal hyperinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis and crusted (Norwegian) scabies secondary to HTLV-1 infection. |
2010-11
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| Strongyloides stercoralis. HTLV-1. Disseminated hyperinfection with edema, hypotension, and hyperinfested duodenal biopsy.. |
2012-03
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Protozoa
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| Trypanosoma cruzi. Acute infection in a child with myocarditis. |
2006-10
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| Trypanosoma cruzi. New onset dilated cardiomyopathy in a middle-aged man. |
2014-11
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| Trypanosoma cruzi. Chagas cardiomyopathy. |
2017-09
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| Liver abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica. Anchovy paste fluid on aspiration. |
2010-10
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| Liver abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica. Anchovy paste fluid on aspiration. |
2011-03
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| Balamuthia mandrillaris (free-living amoeba). Primary cutaneous lesion. |
2004-02
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| Balamuthia mandrillaris (free-living amoeba). Primary cutaneous lesion with CNS involvement. |
2019-07
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| Balamuthia mandrillaris (free-living amoeba). Fatal CNS disease. Cutaneous lesion. |
2007-06
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| Balamuthia mandrillaris (free-living amoeba) responsive to miltefosine. |
2007-10
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| Balamuthia mandrillaris (free-living amoeba). |
2015-06
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| Balamuthia mandrillaris (free-living amoeba). |
2017-10
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| Balantidium coli infection with intestinal perforation. |
2002-07
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| Balantidium coli. Intestinal infection with secondary bacterial sepsis. |
2012-01
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| Leishmania braziliensis infection of upper extremity. |
2001-03
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| Mucosal leishmaniasis. |
2019-09
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| Leishmania braziliensis. |
2004-01
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| Leishmania braziliensis. Refractory cutaneous infection with concomitant HIV. |
2006-11
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| Leishmania major. Peruvian traveler returned from Morocco with old world cutaneous leishmaniasis. |
2009-05
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| Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania braziliensis. CT demonstration of extensive involvement of the nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, and retropharyngeal areas. |
2010-01
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| Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania braziliensis. Extensive lesions of oral and nasal mucosa. |
2013-02
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| Leishmania braziliensis. Sporotrichoid leishmaniasis of a limb. |
2014-08
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| Plasmodium vivax. Severe and complicated vivax malaria with respiratory failure. |
2012-08
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| Relapse of Plasmodium vivax malaria. |
2018-06
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| Leishmania braziliensis. Oral and oropharyngeal involvement with sequential images post-treatment. |
2006-05
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| Leishmania braziliensis. Unusual case with simultaneous appearance of both cutaneous and oral lesions. |
2009-01
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| Toxoplasma gondii. Congenital infection with chorioretinitis. |
2014-04
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Viruses
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| Varicella zoster virus. Acute infection in a pregnant woman. |
2006-09
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| Varicella zoster virus. Acute infection with pneumonitis in a child with characteristic CT findings. |
2012-09
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| Varicella zoster virus infection (Chickenpox) complicated by necrotizing cellulitis likely due to group A streptococcal infection. |
2008-09
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| Classic dengue. |
2001-08
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| Dengue with warning signs. |
2019-08
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| Classic dengue fever. Typical morbilliform rash. |
2007-03
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| Severe dengue. |
2011-09
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| Dengue. Uncomplicated dengue with characteristic morbilliform rash. |
2013-08
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| Dengue virus. Dengue with classic morbilliform rash after the febrile phase. |
2014-09
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| Hepatitis B virus. Chronic infection with hepatitis B complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma. |
2006-03
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| Chronic Hepatitis B infection complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma. |
2010-06
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| Crusted (Norwegian) scabies secondary to HTLV-1 infection. |
2001-10
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| HTLV-1 infection with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP). Also called HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy (HAM). |
2002-08
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| HTLV-1 Associated Infective Dermatitis (ID) of Childhood. |
2004-07
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| Sarcoptes scabei causing crusted scabies secondary to HTLV-1 infection. |
2008-08
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| HTLV-1. Complicated by adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), smoldering type with classical cutaneous lesions. |
2009-11
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| HTLV-1 infection with 3 separate cutaneous complications: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), Tinea corporis, and crusted (Norwegian) scabies. |
2011-07
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| HTLV-1 with ATLL, Tinea corporis | HTLV-1 infection with 2 separate cutaneous complications: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), Tinea corporis. |
2016-03
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| Crusted Scabies (Norwegian scabies) with discrete and misdiagnosed skin lesions. HTLV-1 infection. |
2013-10
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| HTLV-1 with Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection | Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome. HTLV-1 infection. | 2016-05 |
| Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV infected | Kaposi's sarcoma (KS due to HHV8); HIV associated. | 2016-06 |
| Mayaro Fever with polyarthritis. |
2015-07
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| Rabies | Rabies (genotype 1) infection paralytic form. | 2016-08 |
| Rabies | Paralytic form. | 2017-04 |
| Yellow Fever. Fatal hemorrhagic fever. |
2002-10
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| Yellow Fever. Fatal viral hemorrhagic fever. |
2015-02
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| Yellow Fever. Viral hemorrhagic fever. |
2016-02
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Bacteria
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| Actinomyces species infection of the foot with osteomyelitis. |
2001-09
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| Actinomyces sp. foot involvement. |
2005-09
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| Actinomycetoma with Osteomyelitis. |
2015-08
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| Bacillus anthracis causing cutaneous anthrax of the hand. |
2001-07
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| Bartonella bacilliformis. Acute bartonellosis also known as Oroya fever and Carrion's Disease. |
2002-01
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| Bartonella bacilliformis. The acute form of bartonellosis also known as Oroya fever and Carrion's Disease. |
2005-01
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| Bartonella bacilliformis. Verruga Peruana - the chronic form of bartonellosis. |
2005-08
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| Bartonella bacilliformis. Acute bartonellosis. |
2007-08
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| Cat-scratch disease (CSD) with neuroretinitis due to Bartonella henselae. Stellate retinopathy (macular star) with wide tropical differential diagnosis. |
2013-04
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| Acute bartonellosis due to Bartonella bacilliformis presenting with a hematocrit of 12%. |
2013-06
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| Staphylococcus aureus botryomycosis on the head. |
2003-04
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| Staphylococcus aureus. Botryomycosis of the foot mimicking mycetoma. |
2014-06
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| Brucella melitensis. Sub-acute brucellosis with spondyloarthritis of the lumbar spine. |
2001-02
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| Brucella melitensis. Sub-acute brucellosis with multiple concomitant complications. |
2003-05
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| Brucella spondylitis with paravertebral abscesses due to Brucella melitensis. |
2010-04
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| Mycobacterium ulcerans. Buruli ulcer of the buttock. |
2003-09
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| Mycobacterium ulcerans. Buruli ulcer of the knee. |
2011-11
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy. Lepromatous leprosy according to the Ridley-Jopling classification. |
2001-11
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy according to the WHO classification. Borderline borderline (BB) leprosy according to the Ridley-Jopling classification. |
2005-04
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Lepromatous leprosy with end-stage deformities and neuropathy. |
2007-09
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy according to the WHO classification. Borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy according to the Ridley-Jopling classification. |
2009-03
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Lepromatous leprosy (LL). Erythema nodosum leprosum. |
2011-04
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy (WHO classification), borderline Lepromatous (BL) leprosy (Ridley-Jopling classification). |
2019-01
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Lepromatous leprosy with neuropathy, thickened peripheral nerves, nasal perforation, and characteristic facies. |
2012-02
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy according to the WHO classification. Lepromatous leprosy (LL) leprosy according to the Ridley-Jopling classification. |
2013-09
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| Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy according to the WHO classification. Lepromatous leprosy (LL) leprosy according to the Ridley-Jopling classification. |
2015-03
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| Leprosy | Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy according to the WHO classification. | 2016-09 |
| Mycobacterium leprae. Erythema nodosum leprosum. Treated Lepromatous leprosy (LL). |
2018-03
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| Leptospira interrogans. |
2004-09
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| Leptospira interrogans. Severe jaundice, conjunctival suffusion, and pulmonary involvement. |
2008-04
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| Leptospira interrogans. Jaundice, systemic disease together with the increasingly recognized pulmonary manifestations. |
2009-02
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| Weil's Syndrome (Severe Leptospirosis). |
2018-09
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| Chlamydia trachomatis. Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) with inguinal adenopathy. |
2003-10
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| Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). Bilateral inguinal adenopathy. |
2009-09
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| Disseminated nocardiosis with CNS, pulmonary and extrapulmonary involvement. |
2011-01
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| Pemphigus foliaceus (or endemic pemphigus). |
2001-05
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| Staphylococcus aureus causing Tropical Pyomyositis. |
2002-09
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| Treponema pallidum. Congenital syphilis with cutaneous lesions. |
2005-07
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| Neurosyphilis with ocular presentation. |
2019-10
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| Syphilis | Malignant syphilis due to T. pallidum | 2016-11 |
| Treponema pallidum. Subclinical neurosyphilis with pan-uveitis in HIV patient. |
2004-03
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| Clostridium tetani infection, generalized form. |
2002-03
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| Clostridium tetani infection, generalized form. |
2004-08
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| Clostridium tetani infection, generalized form, secondary to trauma. |
2008-11
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| Clostridium tetani infection, generalized form. |
2009-08
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| Clostridium tetani infection, generalized form. |
2011-10
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| Clostridium tetani infection, generalized form. |
2017-01
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing Erythema Induratum of Bazin on the legs. |
2003-02
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis with sacroiliitis and spondylitis. |
2019-03
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pott's disease; presumed tuberculous meningitis; presumed pulmonary tuberculosis. |
2003-06
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Peritoneal tuberculosis with hepatic extension. |
2004-04
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Ocular tuberculosis with uveitis. |
2006-07
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Skeletal TB with infection of the hip. |
2006-08
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| M. tuberculosis with intestinal perforation. HIV infection. |
2008-10
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| Pott’s Disease (TB spondylitis) with giant bilateral paravertebral abscesses due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
2010-03
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Lupus vulgaris form. |
2011-08
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| Extrapulmonary M. tuberculosis. Genitourinary and probable TB spondylitis (Potts disease). |
2016-04
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis, congenital form. |
2017-07
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| Salmonella enterica var typhi. Typhoid fever complicated by GI bleeding and intestinal ulceration. |
2006-01
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| Salmonella typhi complicated by intestinal perforation. |
2008-07
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| Salmonella enterica var typhi. Typhoid fever complicated by gastrointestinal bleeding and intestinal ulceration visualized at endoscopy. |
2009-04
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| Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis with video of characteristic paroxysmal inspiratory whoop. |
2013-07
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Fungi
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| Phialophora verrucosa. Cutaneous involvement of extremities. |
2012-06
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| Chronic chromoblastomycosis of the lower limb, with sclerotic bodies on KOH prep. |
2014-03
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| Chronic chromoblastomycosis of the lower limb, with sclerotic bodies on KOH prep. |
2017-03
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| Chromoblastomycosis likely due to Fonsecae pedrosoi. |
2018-07
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| Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (ODH) due to Histoplasma capsulatum.Mycobacterium ulcerans. |
2019-04
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| Lacazia loboi (formerly Loboa loboi) cutaneous lesions. Sometimes referred to as Lobo's Disease or as keloidal blastomycosis. |
2005-03
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| Madurella mycetomatis causing Madura foot. |
2002-04
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| Phaeoacremonium inflatipes mycetoma (madura foot syndrome). |
2007-07
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection of face and oral mucosa. |
2002-02
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Juvenile form. |
2019-06
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Chronic progressive disease with cutaneous lesions. |
2003-07
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection (chronic form) with pulmonary and mucosal involvement. |
2004-05
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection (chronic form) with pulmonary and perianal involvement. |
2005-12
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The relatively uncommon “juvenile” acute progressive and disseminated form of the disease with papular skin lesions and diffuse reticuloendothelial system involvement. |
2006-02
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection (chronic form). Mucosal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania brasiliensis. Pulmonary tuberculosis. |
2007-05
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection (chronic form) with mucosal and pulmonary involvement. |
2009-06
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Unusual case with colonic as well as pulmonary involvement. |
2009-10
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| Paracoccidioidomycosis, juvenile form with disseminated skin lesions and infection of the lacrimal ducts. |
2010-07
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Chronic pulmonary form with oral mucosal involvement. |
2012-07
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection (chronic form) with extensive involvement of the oral mucosa but with a normal chest x-ray. |
2013-05
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection (chronic form). |
2017-08
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| Sporothrix schenkii cutaneous infection. |
2004-10
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| Sporothrix schenkii. Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis. |
2019-02
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| Sporothrix schenkii cutaneous ulcer with sporotrichoid spread. |
2008-01
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| Sporothrix schenkii disseminated infection in an untreated AIDS patient. |
2011-02
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| Sporothrix schenkii. Cutaneous involvement of extremities, face, and neck after multiple autoinoculation. |
2012-04
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| Sporotrichosis due to Sporotrix schenkii. Ulcer with characteristics difficult to differentiate from leishmaniasis. |
2013-03
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| Sporotrix schenkii. Classic sporotrichoid lesions on upper limb. |
2014-10
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Environmental Hazards
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| Bothrops atrox (fer-de-lance), a common neotropical pit viper in South America, causing severe local necrosis of leg. |
2001-04
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| Bothrops atrox [“jergón” (Perú), common lancehead (USA), fer-de-lance (France)], a common neotropical pit viper in South America, with DIC. |
2003-11
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| Bothrops atrox [“jergón” (Perú), common lancehead (USA), fer-de-lance (France)], a common neotropical pit viper in South America, with transient shock, systemic bleeding and likely coagulopathy. |
2005-11
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| Envenomation with severe necrosis of a limb due to Bothrops atrox [“jergón” (Perú), common lancehead (USA), fer-de-lance (France)], a common pit viper in 9 South America countries. |
2014-02
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| Envenoming by desert lancehead pit viper (Bothrops pictus or B. roedingeri). |
2018-04
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| Loxosceles laeta. Necrotic arachnidism due to bite of the South American recluse spider. |
2003-08
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| Loxosceles laeta. Necrotic araneism due to bite of the South American recluse spider. |
2008-03
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| Necrotic arachnidism due to bite of the South American brown recluse spider Loxosceles laeta. |
2015-01
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| Loxoscelism | Necrotic arachnidism due to bite of the South American brown recluse spider Loxosceles laeta. | 2016-07 |
| Kwashiorkor (protein/energy malnutrition), also called edematous malnutrition. |
2001-06
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| Severe Kwashiorkor (protein/energy malnutrition), also called edematous malnutrition. |
2010-09
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| Cochliomyia hominivorax (the new world screwworm). Infestation of ear. |
2004-06
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| Dermatobia hominis (also called the human botfly) furuncular myiasis. |
2005-06
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| Cochliomyia hominivorax (the new world screwworm) infestation (myiasis) in necrotic foot ulcer. |
2008-06
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| Paederin toxin. Blister-beetle dermatitis of a limb due to Paederus irritans, known in Perú as latigazo (whiplash). |
2014-07
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| Paragonimus mexicanus. Pulmonary and cutaneous. |
2007-01
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