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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... • Severe: Only 1% ... PCR is gold standard ... PCR not useful for ... #InfectiousDiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Incubation is 1 ... • Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... infantum, Leishmania chagasi ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... Treatment: 1) ... #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... • Severe: Only 1% ... PCR is gold standard ... PCR not useful for ... #InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Culture & GS, PCR ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... smear negative, PCR ... trypomastigotes) 2) PCR ... #Management #Treatment
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Incubation period is 1- ... Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... specificity of PCR ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... opacities • Diagnosis ... symptoms, or> 1 ... fluid overload, PCC ... #management #hematology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
and Management ... palsy - Vision changes ... : 1. ... cefotaxime or PCN ... #Management #treatment