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Lyme Disease Pearls

Epidemiology: Ixodes scapularis carrying borrelia 
have spread and are now found in 
growing areas
now found in growing ... Slovenia) Treatment ... : TREATMENT Shorter
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Low Grade - Slow growing ... Responsive to Treatment ... Intermediate - Faster growing ... growth, response to treatment
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
An acute, life-threatening condition that appears within 7 days of starting cytotoxic therapies in
high-burden, rapidly growing ... spontaneously (before any treatments ... malignancies Treatments
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
anaerobe, SIow growing ... Treatment: • 50% ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Rickettsiae: the typhus fever group 

Typhus group Rickettsiae have non-tick vectors. 

 - IDagram
@ID_agram

#Rickettsiae #typhus #fever
species #diagnosis #treatment ... #vectors #grouping
Pruritus Treatment Algorithm for Hemodialysis Patients 

Non-PharmacoIogicaI Measures 
 • Use gentle soap e.g. Dove
Pruritus Treatment ... to axillae and groin ... #Pruritus #Treatment
Rickettsiae: Spotted Fever group

R. rickettsii 
R. parkeri 
R. philipii / Rickettsia 364D
R. africae 
R. australis 
R.
R. felis Treatment ... #SpottedFever #grouping
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Sputum cultures growing ... mycobacteria Treatment
Bell’s Palsy: Treatment and House-Brackmann grading for severity of facial nerve weakness
#Diagnosis #Management #Bells #Palsy #Treatment
Bell’s Palsy: Treatment ... House-Brackmann grading ... #Bells #Palsy #Treatment ... Nerve #Severity #Grading
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
The treatment of ... typically slow growing