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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... • Treatment: ... Chagas Disease ... : Chronic disease ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... continue antibiotic treatment ... several months of treatment
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... evaluations that did ... not yield a diagnosis ... pain • Skin changes ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... • Treatment: ... Chagas Disease ... : Chronic disease ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
calcification: Age-related changes ... , chronic kidney ... base and body, tip ... Direct/indirect chest ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Collagen vascular disease ... camping) The Disease ... (91%): Acute / Chronic ... swelling or a chronic ... #infectiousdiseases
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
shoulder, and hip ... headaches, visual changes ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment ... for PMR is a chronic
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
syndrome is a rare chronic ... Sclerotic bone changes ... involve anterior chest ... and lower jaw Treatment ... osteoarticular and skin disease
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Demyelinating disease ... vomiting, visual changes ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases