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KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong  via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases
Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome ... IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #KSHV #HHV
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
conditions I - Infection ... : Bacterial infections ... , Viral infections ... infections N - ... Dermatoses: Sweet Syndrome
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ACTH-Dependent (Secondary):
 • Pituitary Dysfunction
 • Hypothalamic Dysfunction
ACTH-Independent (Primary):
Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome ... • Infectious: ... Disseminated Fungal, HIV ... /AIDS • Hemorrhagic ... Insufficiency #AI
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... : HIV, Hepatitis ... • Inflammatory/AI ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... TheIDtrivia #Infectious ... Insufficiency #AI ... #differential #
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating HHV-8 Diseases—Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL), Multicentric Castleman’s
Preventing and Treating HHV ... Disease (MCD) in HIV-AIDS ... [visceral KS (AI ... activity against HHV ... opportunistic #infections
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS ... PO once daily (AI ... PO or IV daily (AI ... 200 mg PO daily (AI ... opportunistic #infections
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... Non-inflammatory causes: • Infectious ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... #differential #
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
) - Differential ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... • Drugs • HIV ... allopurinol, PPI) • Infections ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Eosinophilia - Differential ... eosinophilia) • Infectious ... Aspergillus), Viral (HIV ... bartonella) • Rheum/AI ... #Eosinophilia #Differential