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Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Positive Tourniquet test ... pain, Myalgia Diagnosis ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
result in the elimination ... tuberculin skin test ... @paimadhu ‏ #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... Testing #Results #TST
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... Microimmunofluorescent antibody test ... first line of treatment ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
Amyloidosis- Physical examination ... Early diagnosis ... and treatment are ... amyloidosis #clinical #photo ... AL #lightchain #NEJM
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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Diagnosis: • Mildly ... trend response to treatment ... immunodiffusion test ... for cytological examination ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
day...Physical examination ... He received a diagnosis ... the first day of treatment ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #peds #acute
Kinetics of Viral and Serologic Responses after Exposure to West Nile Virus. #Diagnosis #IM #InfectiousDisease #WestNile
after Exposure to West ... #Diagnosis #IM # ... InfectiousDisease ... IgM #Detection #NEJM
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis ... neutropenia (performs best ... this morphology Treatment ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
the “Chewing gum test ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
fibrosis) Physical Examination ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... Sweat chloride test ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis