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Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
the near field #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #ALines #ALiEM
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
visits/year for a PCP ... (herpangina), EBV ... , CMV, HIV-1 Bacterial ... Pharyngitis #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... PleuralEffusion #ALiEM
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... hemorrhage • CSF PCR ... Toxoplasma gondii PCR ... • JC-virus PCR ... Enhancement • PCR
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... Sagittal #Pneumonia #ALiEM
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
A-line pattern #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #BLines #ALiEM
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Immunocompromised host (HIV ... routine O&P • Clinical ... relevance of +PCR ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #microbiology #
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Donath-Landsteiner Antibodies[PCH ... Viral Infection Clinical ... , HIV, rubella legionella ... younger pts) Differential ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg IV ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment