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Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... caused by Bartonella ... coccobacillus within the RBCs ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... diagnosis #management #Bartonella
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Glucose/Temp • ACS ... Drugs • ICP / Infections ... Cimetidine Infections ... • Acute rheumatic ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... weeks incubation Acute ... symptoms, positive serology ... Tests - check Acute
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... Culture (+): Acute ... Culture (-): • Bartonella ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... epilepticus Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
six months of treatment ... worsening of that disease ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... Herpes simplex • Bartonella ... Calmette-Guérin (BCG
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... manifestations including acute ... to asymptomatic infection ... have positive serology ... Diseases - https
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... Culture Negative: • Bartonella ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Treating Mild Infections ... with positive serology ... Extrathoracic Disseminated Disease ... )—Acute Phase - ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... by culture or serology