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Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary Causes of ARDS #Diagnosis #EM #PCC #ARDS #Differential #Algorithm #Pulmonary #NonPulmonary #Causes #Ddxof
Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #EM #PCC ... #ARDS #Differential ... #Algorithm #Pulmonary
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs)
 - classified into simple retention cysts, pseudocysts and cystic neoplasms 
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cystic lesions (PCLs ... modalities for PCL ... cystic #lesions #PCLs ... gastroenterology #diagnosis #management ... #differential
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup and Management ... C. difficile PCR ... Norovirus PCR (Stool ... consider multiplex PCR ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... • CD4 < 200: PCP ... Fungal, AFB), TB PCR ... sputum, PCP DFA ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
visits/year for a PCP ... Pharyngitis #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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antibody test • PCR ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... immunofluorescence, PCR ... #CT #Patterns #Pulmonary ... ComputedTomography #Differential