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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
are caused by members ... impaired cellular immune ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... Diseases Fellows ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS ... stroke Tuberculous Abscess ... • Caused by immune ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... #Management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... required until immune ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... underlying genetic immune ... : HLH signs and ... symptoms can mimic ... #hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Hematologic malignancy ... Disease: Clinical ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... #infectiousdiseases
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... and signs below ... Infections: - ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #algorithm
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Caused by intrapulmonary ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... echocardiography - Assess ... resolution of symptoms ... #hepatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Immune Mediated ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis ... #Management #Infections