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Fungal biomarkers
Beta-d-glucan
Aspergillus galactomannan

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com]

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential #Ddx
Diseases #Infections ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Fungal ... #Fungi #BDG #BDGlucan ... Aspergillus #Candida #Microbiology
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Algorithm Red ... sweats, chills (infection ... serious underlying dx ... #Algorithm #causes
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Avg age of DX ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... DDX - Other causes ... Burns • Protein-losing ... Malignancies • Chronic
Important organisms in Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD):
 - Staph aureus
 - Serratia marcescens
 - Burkholderia cepacia
Granulomatous Disease ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... #infections #differential ... #ddx #diagnosis ... #microbiology
Conditions Associated With Hyperferritinemia 
DDx of extreme hyperferritinemia >10,000
Not just HLH - in fact, most common
Hyperferritinemia DDx ... Chronic transfusions ... Liver disease 3. ... - Infection-Fungai ... #causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... taking a shower and moving ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... tuberculosis) • Fungi ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Decreased ... • Protein-losing ... Post-Surgical, Infections ... #Algorithm #Causes
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... mass • Rapidly rising ... -> AML: Blast crises ... plaques) AML Dx ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... DDX Tb meningitis ... w/ subacute-to-chronic ... Nausea & vomiting ... Diseases Fellowship