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Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... count (mainly lymphocytes ... 40% Invasive Disease
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Complications: 1) Infection ... transformation) Treatment ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... AIHA, PRCA) • Treatment ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Pseudotumor - Infectious ... History of Bleeding, Infection ... • Chronic Lymphocytic ... - Monoclonal Lymphocytes ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious ... Diseases Fellows ... Aspergillosis #Treatment
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... weeks without infection ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... workup #oncology #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... extramedullary disease ... pain, bleeding, infections ... bruising, bleeding, infection ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
Non-HCV infectious ... neuropathy Treatment ... Specific anti-infectious ... with refractory disease ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Rheumatology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
cells absent, lymphocyte ... Rich, Lymphocyte ... Responsive to Treatment ... growth, response to treatment ... pathophysiology #Hematology
ACE Trial: Randomized controlled trial of Ceftriaxone and doxycycline, with or without metronidazole, for the treatment
metronidazole, for the treatment ... febrilepodcast.com] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #inflammatory #disease
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Chronic lung disease ... • Infectious ... Granulomatous disease ... Granulomatous lymphocytic ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology