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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... CAP present in 1 ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Common Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
< 1 Month
 - Infection with antimicrobial-resistant species
 - Donor-derived infection
Recipients < 1 ... colonization) 1- ... > 6 Months - Community-acquired ... pneumonia, urinary ... Timeline #Diagnosis #Differential
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Signs/Symptoms: ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... procalcitonin level Treatment ... #Pulmonary #Community
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
this disease is 1/ ... Signs of immunodeficiency ... adaptive humoral immunity ... Signs/Symptoms ... e.g. bacterial pneumonia
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... vasculitis vs infection ... Treatment of GCA ... GCA #Temporal #Signs
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Herpesviruses (MCC: HSV 1) ... simplex virus 1 ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
varying degrees of: 1. ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential