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Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
, Chronic and Reactivation ... ), nonspecific fever ... > arrhythmia) Chronic ... meningoencephalitis, brain abscess ... #Diagnosis #Table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Assess functional ... Preop creatinine ... Preop creatinine ... event, follow ACC algorithm
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... infection • Cough, fever ... antigen • India ink prep ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... • Isolated fever