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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal infections ... Risk Factors, Disease ... Characteristics, Diagnostic ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... #InfectousDiseases
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium abscessus ... underlying lung disease ... as disseminated disease ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia • (DIP ... intersitial space Infection ... #ILD #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... continue antibiotic treatment ... several months of treatment
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Disease Diagnosis ... Traveler • Where did ... rural → Geographic disease ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Traveler
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Abscess, bacteremia ... fever • Hyper-IgD ... Liver or lung abscess ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Esophageal Crohn's Disease Management Algorithm

Assess for Active Symptoms and for Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease
Stricturing DX:
 • Bx r/o
Esophageal Crohn's Disease ... Management Algorithm Assess ... Fistulizing DX: • Chest ... Management #Algorithm #treatment ... #IBD
Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
• Genitourinary (Infection, Stone)
• Gastrointestinal (Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis, Diverticulitis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Genitourinary (Infection ... Diverticulitis, IBD ... • Tubo-ovarian abscess ... Pelvic inflammatory disease
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Differential Diaqnoses ... : • Infectious ... MAS, Visceral, DIC ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology