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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
myelodysplastic syndrome ... hemopathy with the most ... appearing during the disease ... Infectious manifestations ... #dermatology #oncology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Peripheral Smear ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... pancreatitis, Post-surgical ... Others: Asplenia/post-splenectomy
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
Approach to the Infectious ... Disease Patient ... Patient age and host ... define the clinical syndrome ... febrilepodcast@gmail.com #InfectiousDiseases
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
other cancers: Most ... and M panel Management ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome ... hematology #diagnosis #management
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Cold-induced symptoms - most ... IgM) • Blood smear ... Polyclonal IgM post ... infectious setting
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... Gastrointestinal disease ... differentiate disease ... Otalgia #Ear #Pain #Otology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... Most invasive infections ... Diseases Fellows ... IA #Diagnosis #Management ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... Arthritis-Dermatitis syndrome ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... : • Most patients ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Aerosol is the most ... common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases