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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
allopurinol), Infection ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... infiltrates) → high ... DAH, rule out infection ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... Physical stigmata of cor ... • Pulmonary artery
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... TB: • Fever • Weight ... (Anorexia) • Night ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... TB: • Fever • Weight ... (Anorexia) • Night ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... common • Imaging: CXR ... - pulmonary opacities ... Differential Diagnosis: Infection ... Differentiation #Syndrome
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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• IRIS might ... should be based on clinical ... status, and focal neurologic ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Infection with ... antimicrobials, clinical ... factors: - Serology ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Adie's Pupil on Physical Exam

Adie's pupil is a neurological disorder characterized by a tonically dilated pupil
reacts slowly to light ... viral or bacterial infection ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #syndrome
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases