5 results
ID Ddx: Diarrhea in a transplant recipient
- Bacterial: C.diff, Campy, Salmonella, Aeromonas, E.coli
- Viral: CMV, noro,
ID Ddx: Diarrhea ... in a transplant ... adeno, entero - Parasitic ... #Differential #Ddx ... Diagnosis #Diarrhea #Transplant
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Management Algorithm in Transplant ... Patients First Tier Microbiologic-Testing ... pathogens First Tier Microbiologic-Testing ... Ova and Parasite ... Management #Algorithm #Transplant
Timeline of infections after solid organ transplantation can roughly be broken up into three time periods:
>6-12 mo from transplant ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Transplant ... SOT #Comparison #Microbiology
Solid Organ Transplant - Diarrhea - Diagnostic and Workup Algorithm
1st Tier Microbiologic Testing: CDiff (stool), CMV
Solid Organ Transplant ... Algorithm 1st Tier Microbiologic ... pathogens 2nd Tier Microbiologic ... stool), Ova and Parasites ... malabsorption #Diarrhea #Transplant
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
nonspecific • DX ... Hematopoietic stem cell transplant ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology