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IDSA Recommended antimicrobial regimens for treatment of patients with Lyme disease.

#Management #InfectiousDiseases #Antibiotics #LymeDisease #Treatment #Regimens
antimicrobial regimens for treatment ... patients with Lyme ... disease. ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #LymeDisease #Treatment
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary disease in HIV-infected patients

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase

#ID  #Infectious
appearances of pulmonary ... disease in HIV-infected ... ID #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Differential ... Ddx #Diagnosis #HIV
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases ... - Differential ... • Infectious: HIV ... , Lyme, Neurosyphilis ... #Differential #
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Initiation of ART in HIV ... Infections • Pulmonary ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... of starting OI treatment ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... borrelia, Rubeola, HBV ... Coxsackie, CMV, EBV, HIV ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Lyme ... Disease Treatment ... Late: - IV ceftriaxone ... #Management #treatment
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
to Infectious Disease ... rural → Geographic disease ... → Rickettsia, Lyme ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #differential
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
peripheral neurologic disease ... Infections - HIV ... Trichinosis - Lyme ... disease • Various ... mimics #diagnosis #differential
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
- HIV infection ... pulmonary disease ... obstructive pattern IV ... , Gaucher disease ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
• Infectious: HIV ... Hepatitis, Syphilis, Lyme ... disease, Leprosy ... Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Fabry's disease ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential