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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
and Management ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... Endophthalmitis, Endocarditis ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Simple Virus • Fungal ... , Busulfan • Disease ... Goodpasture's syndrome, SLE ... #differential #diagnosis ... #blood #urine #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Autoimmune (SLE ... Tropheryma Whipplei • Aspergillus ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Diagnosis? ... #diagnosis #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... and CNS • Headache ... • Malar rash - spares ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis ... (Aspergillus, Candida ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... See charts - ... exists Infectious Diseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... • Autoimmune (SLE ... Tropheryma Whipplei • Aspergillus ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... remains unknown • Final ... orthopnea, PND, LE ... Delivery • Stable
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
periods after rain/storms ... tissue, skeleton, CNS ... • Management ... #management #summary ... #fungal
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Inhalation of spores ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... ASPERGILLOSIS • Aspergillus ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
cases such as: • SLE ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... /EGPA • RA Diagnosis ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management