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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Management Summary ... blood cultures should ... susceptibility testing ... the preferred test ... the workup • Test
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Clinical Presentation ... Positive Coombs testing ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based ... on clinical presentation ... antiretroviral therapy should ... Imaging: - MRI ... of serum CrAg testing
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... syndrome associated ... can mimic common infections ... should be diagnosed ... #management #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered ... #management #neurology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... staining, NAA (PCR ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Management #Treatment
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... #management #neurology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... glucose suppression test ... • Pituitary testing ... • Pituitary MRI
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... staining, NAA (PCR ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Management #Treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... : • Infection, ... thrombosis Testing ... count in the CSF should ... #diagnosis #management