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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... and Management ... Caused by: Tropheryma ... positive T. whipplei test ... #management #criteria
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
will correctly diagnose ... a case, or the ... that any given case ... implies being able ... #Calculation #Table
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
STAIN CULTURE PCR ... TEST CRYSTALS) ... crystalline disease ... nongonococcal ) #Diagnosis ... Effusion #Analysis #Table
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... test, TempTest ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
non-productive cough, nausea ... ARDS Diagnosis ... agglutination - test ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... #management
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... of renal disease ... • Renovascular disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Workup #table
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
+/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... • Autopsy PCR ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup and Management ... Patients First Tier Microbiologic-Testing ... Breath test for ... Diarrhea #Workup #Management ... Algorithm #Transplant #diagnosis
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... Angina Stress Test ... revascularization (PCI ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology