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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
ID Ddx: Diarrhea in a transplant recipient
- Bacterial: C.diff, Campy, Salmonella, Aeromonas, E.coli
- Viral: CMV, noro,
Sara Dong @swinndong ... Diseases #Infections ... #Diagnosis #Diarrhea ... Transplant #TxID #SOT ... #Causes
Timeline of infections after solid organ transplantation can roughly be broken up into three time periods:
Diseases #Infections ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Transplant ... #TxID #SOT #Comparison ... #Microbiology
Conditions Associated With Hyperferritinemia 
DDx of extreme hyperferritinemia >10,000
Not just HLH - in fact, most common
Hyperferritinemia DDx ... fact, most common causes ... Liver disease 3. ... - Infection-Fungai ... #causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... • Erythema • Soft ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... tuberculosis) • Fungi ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Pruritis after hot ... plaques) AML Dx ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
few months ago during ... Diagnosis? ... hem CA, HSCT, SOT ... & steroid use Dx ... Diseases Fellowship
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... DDX Tb meningitis ... Nausea & vomiting ... of fever does not ... Diseases Fellowship