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IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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IDSA Aspergillosis ... Treatment • Invasive ... Diseases Fellows ... #management #pharmacology ... #IDSA
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Peripheral Smear ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... pancreatitis, Post-surgical
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... : • Treatment: ... azathioprine (for post ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
• Autoimmune diseases ... Unknown cause Treatment ... chemotherapy, anti-CD20 (PTLD ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #summary
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
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
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... Diagnosis and Management ... up to 10w post-ABx ... (IDSA 2021): ... continue Tx for 7d post-Abx
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... Note: Treatment ... Trypanosomiasis #IDSA ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
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
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... thrombocythemia), Autoimmune disease ... disorders • Shear ... #treatment #hematology