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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... hemorrhage • CSF PCR ... Toxoplasma gondii PCR ... • JC-virus PCR ... Enhancement • PCR
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Pregnancy • CNS ... infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Pregnancy • CNS ... infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
pts will accept PCC ... labs should be drawn ... limit to mission-critical ... twitter.com/PulmCrit #Checklist ... #patient #ICU #CriticalCare
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antimicrobials, clinical ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... ribosomal RNA PCR ... - PCR for ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... Antibiotics (Bactrim, PCN ... tourniquet / IVF line draw ... Bicarb<22) - avoid NS ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... chest pain (LR + NS ... aeruginosa Clinical ... cultures/nasal PCR ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis ... pyogenic process • PCR ... commercially • Serology ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... Diagnostic tests ... antigens - Nares PCR ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... #Management #CriticalCare
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases