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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Opportunistic Infections ... GI Bleeding - Diarrhea ... Opportunistic #Infections ... Manifestations #CD4Count #InfectiousDiseases
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea ... Ova and parasite ... Diarrhea > 10 days ... HIV infection or ... Bloody diarrhea,
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... , weakness +/- diarrhea ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Assessment (bloody diarrhea ... UC > non-bloody diarrhea ... Colonoscopy • Rule-Out Infection ... Escalate Treatment ... Colitis Escalate Treatment
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
History - Clues to Infectious ... → Travelers' diarrhea ... Herpesvirus B infection ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #differential
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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pain, hemoptysis, diarrhea ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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transmission as zoonotic infection ... cramping, Watery diarrhea ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Aeromonas spp - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Aeromonas spp: Gram-negative Rods, oxidase positive and glucose fermenter.
Virulence: Toxin
Presentations: • Diarrhea ... • Wound Infection ... blood cultures Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases ... #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... ABx) → Acute Diarrhea ... #1 nosocomial infection ... #Clostridium #Infection ... #infectiousdiseases
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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immunodeficiency virus infection ... • >50,000 HIV infections ... Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ... • New onset SLE ... antibody test) Treatment