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Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
agglutinin disease and Infection ... Mycoplasma Pneumonia or Infectious ... individual’s red blood ... Clinical #Path #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
agglutinin disease and Infection ... Mycoplasma Pneumonia or Infectious ... individual’s red blood ... Clinical #Path #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
Infections in Immunocompromised Patients - Differential Diagnosis Summary
Innate Immunity:
 • Neutropenia
 • Phagocytic Deficiencies
 • Complement
Infections in Immunocompromised ... Patients - Differential ... Immunocompromised #Infections ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
of Hematuria - Differential ... Algorithm Red blood ... cells on urine ... microscopy. ... glomerulonephritis • Post-Infectious
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Sandfly takes a blood ... and infect other cells ... Sandfly takes a blood ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
Hyperkalemia Differential ... Alwavs Repeat Blood ... while drawing blood ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... potassium #high #pathophysiology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... urine • 1ml blood ... deposits - Post-infectious ... Hematuria: • Infection ... #renal #urine #blood
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
History - Clues to Infectious ... Herpesvirus B infection ... Blood transfusion ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #differential
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
pressure in the blood ... release from mast cells ... Medication #Causes #Differential ... #Pharmacology # ... Pathophysiology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
petechiae) • Frequent infections ... • Parvovirus infection ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... count with differential