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By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Ixodes
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Ixodes
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... sweats, chills (infection ... serious underlying dx ... lung disease #Chronic
Important organisms in Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD):
 - Staph aureus
 - Serratia marcescens
 - Burkholderia cepacia
Important organisms in Chronic ... febrilepodcast.com] #CGD #Chronic ... Granulomatous #Disease #infections ... #differential #ddx ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
regional lymph nodes ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... disease • DM DDX ... Pleura • Lymph nodes ... malignancy, and chronic
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... single or multiple nodes ... patients often have chronic ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
regional lymph nodes ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... disease • DM DDX ... Pleura • Lymph nodes ... malignancy, and chronic
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... pain, bleeding, infections ... bruising, bleeding, infection ... plaques) AML Dx ... are in the Lymph Nodes
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Immunologic: • Osler nodes ... Glomerulonephritis DDX
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
travel to lymph nodes ... Immunosuppressed host): • Chronic ... 85% • < 50% in chronic ... nonspecific • DX ... ) • Chronic, subacute