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A 34-year-old female patient presented with left leg pain. On examination, the area was erythematous, red, warm and tender with indistinct borders. The doctor suspected cellulitis and staed her on IV oxacillin. The doctor notes that the pain was dispropoionate to the level of cellulitis and hence he admitted the patient. During night, the patient developed hypotension, deranged RFTs and deranged coagulation profile. The patient was stabilized, X ray and CT of the leg was conducted. Which is the most common organism causing the above condition: –

AGroup A Streptococcus
BStaphylococcus aureus
CPseudomonas aeruginosa
DGroup D Streptococcus
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2410 Unknown

A 36 years old female patient attends the OG department and complains of dark spots in face over the past few years. She initially noticed it after her first child birth, five years earlier. The lesions become worse in the second pregnancy, two years back. She does not have any other medical problems. She was not on any drugs except for oral contraceptive pills. She does not appear to be stressed. Blood pressure- 120/76 mmHg, Pulse rate- 84/min, temperature- 37.6 C, Respiratory rate-16/ min. On her forehead, cheeks and chin, multiple, discrete confluent well demarcated patches of brown hypopigmentation are seen. Complete blood count ant thyroid profile tests are normal. The most appropriate advice is –

AUse of oral contraceptive pills not likely to influence it
BIt is a sign of underlying endocrine disease
CMelasma may or may not return with each subsequent pregnancy
DPersists for life time.
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