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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... ): • Mild: Malaise ... • Treatment: ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... ): • Mild: Malaise ... • Treatment: ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
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
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Microbiologic ... #infectiousdiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

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

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

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Collagen vascular disease ... camping) The Disease ... : • Mild-moderate ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Babesiosis - Diagnosis ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... Patient (Mild disease ... #Management #microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
aches, joint pain, chest ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases