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Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Elevated Platelet Count ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
• Severe: Only 1% ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... -cell count is less ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Diagnosis Framework ... 1) Environment ... Internal (RBC) - Infections ... - Reticulocyte Count ... #Diagnosis #hematology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
(CDI) - Diagnosis ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #IDSA #gastroenterology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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during transient CD4 ... + T-cell count can ... Leukocyte-lymphocyte subset counts ... antibody test) Treatment ... ART to slow HIV disease
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... East and Latin America ... antigen-specific CD4 ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Diagnosis Framework ... Basophils < 1% ... white blood cell count ... Colitis and Crohn’s Disease ... #hematology #basophils
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • ... Infectious: Mycoplasma ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology