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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... American trypanosomiasis ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Identification of Trypanosoma brucei vs Trypanosoma cruzi
The best, easiest way to distinguish Trypanosoma species: size of
trypomastigotes in blood ... South American Trypanosomiasis ... : Chagas disease ... #microbiology #blood ... #smear #microscopy
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... American trypanosomiasis ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - ... Diagnosis and Management ... ) is an infectious ... Blood (platelets ... #Disease #Trypanosomiasis
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Product Types: • Leukocyte ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... • Infection - ... , Trypanosoma (Chagas ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
proteins on plts, leukocytes ... Infection - Infection ... , Trypanosoma (Chagas ... disease), Babesiosis ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... reveals increasing blood ... differential #diagnosis #management
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
• East African trypanosomiasis ... renal function • Blood ... a chest film; blood-smear ... dipstick test, microscopic ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
• Major blood ... : • Increased leukocyte ... have positive blood ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management