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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... detectable by blood smears ... useful for chronic infection ... trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... (suppurative); Most ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... up to 10w post-ABx ... continue Tx for 7d post-Abx ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #IDSA #gastroenterology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... , smear negative ... thick peripheral smears
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Pylori (H. pylori) Infection ... Diagnosis and Management ... differentiate past ... infection Management ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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: • Most CNS opportunistic ... status, and focal neurologic ... vomiting, visual changes ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... detectable by blood smears ... useful for chronic infection ... trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Vision changes ... may precede the neurologic ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
GCA) definition: Most ... with systemic, neurologic ... vasculitis vs infection ... headaches, vision changes ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
bat droppings • Most ... by culture or serology ... Diagnosis: • Serology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management