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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Laboratory Diagnosis ... blood cultures should ... the preferred test ... testing of skin ... all patients for HIV
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
conditions in his ... differential diagnoses ... abdominal pain (Table ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
sought to support a diagnosis ... Areas of diagnostic ... decision for repeat testing ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
should be obtained ... : HIV test, a rubella ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... #workup #diagnosis
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... hydrocephalus, HIV ... deficiency, ... laboratory ... tests + imaging ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
parenchyma Diagnosis ... Bronchoscopy Laboratory ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... Positive Coombs testing ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... younger pts) Differential ... test #cold #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... should be based ... on clinical presentation ... antiretroviral therapy should ... of serum CrAg testing
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Galactomannan Testing ... the use of this test ... in BAL does not differentiate ... False positives: Pip ... FalsePositives #Laboratory
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... - assess other laboratory ... or diagnostic tests ... Ethylene glycol - HIV