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Hemophilia - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis:
 • Consistent bleeding history (unless screening for disease in family members
screening for disease ... with established disease ... Willebrand factor antigen ... Classify severity Treatment ... by a hemophilia treatment
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Basement Membrane Disease ... (Goodpasture's Disease ... kidney biopsy Treatment ... Basement #Membrane #Disease ... #Goodpastures #AntiGBM
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
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endemic fungal disease ... Serum and Urine, Antigen ... Serology, PCR Treatment ... • Severe disease ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Treatment Options for Helicobacter Pylori and Peptic Ulcer Disease

Active Helicobacter pylori—associated ulcer
1. Treat with anti—H pylori
Treatment Options ... and Peptic Ulcer Disease ... Treatment options ... breath test, fecal antigen ... Treatment options
Celiac disease is an immune-mediated, multisystem disorder that affects genetically susceptible individuals who are exposed to
Celiac disease is ... enteropathy, Celiac disease ... and idiopathic diseases ... human leukocyte antigen ... is the primary treatment
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
cells can indicate disease ... : CD5 and CD23 antigen ... microglobulin Treatment
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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antibody and HIV p24 antigen ... exposure: HIV p24 antigen ... antibody test) Treatment ... ART to slow HIV disease
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasma urinary antigen ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... of cryptococcal antigen ... 40% Invasive Disease
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
mimicry or super-antigen ... mediated disease ... Pallidum - Lyme Disease ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Mediators: lgE - Antigen ... Form: Soluble antigen ... Form: Cell-bound antigen ... reaction, Haemolytic disease ... complex - Antigen