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Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections ... Diagnosis Framework Infections ... Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection ... Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... Respiratory Infections
Inherited Colorectal Cancer (CRS) Syndromes
Adenomatous Polyposis Syndromes:
 • Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), Attenuated FAP (AFAP), MUTYH
Colorectal Cancer (CRS) Syndromes ... Adenomatous Polyposis Syndromes ... Urinary → Lynch Syndrome ... (JPS), Cowden Syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #management #treatment
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
(SPS) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... sleep DDx: • Neuromyotonia ... #SPS #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... (HPS) • Hepatorenal ... Syndrom (HRS) ... Complications #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
HPS - Diagnosis:
 1. Patients with liver disease
 2. Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (AaP02) >15 mmHg
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... HPS - Diagnosis ... vasodilatation HPS ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... the WSES/GAIS/SIS-E ... intra-abdominal infections ... infectiousdiseases #management
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Framework Non-Infectious ... arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome ... rare), Idiopathic Infectious ... Staphylococcus spp ... ., Salmonella spp
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... take 48 hrs for infections ... effect/reaction (ie SJS ... rxn), Secondary infection
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Differential Diagnosis Infectious ... , Pneumococcus spp ... Staphylococcus spp ... , Candida Non-Infectious ... Disease, Behcet Syndrome