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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Management Summary ... : • 2 sets of blood ... the preferred test ... the workup • Test ... all patients for HIV
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... abnormal in adults • Blood ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... procedures - Infection ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... testing - Lab ... K), H. pylori test
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
and Management ... are caused by members ... SOT, Advanced HIV ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... and Testing: •
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Positive Coombs testing ... , EBV, HIV, rubella ... sensitize red blood ... test #cold #
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Goodpasture's cause ... reveals increasing blood ... #management #treatment
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management ... : TB, fungal infection ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... A STIM test can ... ACTH STIM TEST:
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
region Viral Syndromes ... renal function • Blood ... polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) testing ... a chest film; blood-smear ... and possibly PCR testing
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... Testing: • Pulse ... passage • Arterial blood ... #diagnosis #management
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
GAS in 30% of cases ... body site (i.e., blood ... day 2 + 3 BIDMC Infectious ... STSS #treatment #management ... #diagnosis