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By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #babesia #babesiosis
#protozoa #toxoplasma #leishmania #trypanosoma #babesia #malaria #plasmodium #cryptosporidium #cyclospora #cystisospora #entamoeba #acanthamoeba #microsporidia

#ID  #InfectiousDiseases
#trypanosoma #babesia ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #anaplasmosis #babesia
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... and M panel Management ... DDX - Other causes ... Malignancies • Chronic ... #diagnosis #management
Conditions Associated With Hyperferritinemia 
DDx of extreme hyperferritinemia >10,000
Not just HLH - in fact, most common
Hyperferritinemia DDx ... Chronic transfusions ... malignancy - Chronic ... (Babesia) - Diagnosis ... Hyperferritinemia #differential
Important organisms in Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD):
 - Staph aureus
 - Serratia marcescens
 - Burkholderia cepacia
Important organisms in Chronic ... Granulomatous #Disease #infections ... #differential # ... ddx #diagnosis # ... microbiology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
Diagnosis and Management ... skin necrosis (at injection ... false ⊕’s, so use Bayesian ... re-challenge >100d after Dx ... #Treatment #Hematology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... 85% • < 50% in chronic ... nonspecific • DX ... ) • Chronic, subacute ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Elevated Tryptase - Differential Diagnosis Framework

The DDx of elevated tryptase can be broken down
Elevated Tryptase - Differential ... Framework The DDx ... 2nd pass = Chronic ... • Parasitic infections ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... DX: - Thyroid ... inhibition - Chronic ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Gravis #diagnosis #management