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Figure 1: Time Course of HIV Detection following Infection

#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #HIVAIDS #Testing #Windows #Screening #Antibody #Detection
Detection following Infection ... InfectiousDiseases #HIVAIDS ... #Testing #Windows ... Antibody #Detection #Timeline
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis and Workup
Secondary causes are broad so start with a med review, the most
Diagnosis and Workup ... Secondary causes ... the US inpatient setting ... the US, helminth infections ... - VA Joint Chiefs
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
about bacterial infections ... gonorrhea, Lyme, mycobacterial ... infection. ... Like in this case ... rheumatology #approach #workup
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... depending on the cause ... Infections: Syphilis ... , Mycobacterium, ... #Differential #Causes
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... Tuberculin skin testing ... Mycobacterial culture ... • AFB stain • Mycobacterial ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
evaluation or workup ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... for secondary causes ... drug reaction, infection ... Strongyloides infection
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Morning stiffness lasting ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... • Mycobacterial ... Lyme disease) • Mycobacterium
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... spp, Atypical infection ... 200: CMV, HSV Mycobacterial ... bronchoscopy Infectious ... #HIVAIDS #workup
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... be done at this point ... should also include mycobacterial ... infections, particularly ... ascites #diagnosis #workup
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
susceptibility testing ... an accessible joint ... • Laboratory testing ... typically part of the workup ... oligoarthritis • Distal joints