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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
blood/mucus, Abd pain ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... can be community-acquired ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... negative predictive value ... #treatment #Pulmonary
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... symptoms, or> 1 ... initiation • Differential ... fluid overload, PCC ... APML #diagnosis #management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
or sed rate): Value ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... Treatment of GCA ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... patients such as: 1. ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... diarrhea, abdominal pain ... NTM #Infections #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management