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Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
and Management ... aeruginosa Clinical ... Severity Index (PSI ... evidence) • PSI ... cultures/nasal PCR
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
hemorrhage • CSF PCR ... Toxoplasma gondii PCR ... • JC-virus PCR ... effect/Edema • EBV ... Enhancement • PCR
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Donath-Landsteiner Antibodies[PCH ... Clinical Presentation ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH ... sensitize red blood cells
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
NSIP - Organizing pneumonia ... (COP/BOOP) - Infection ... (PCP, viral, Mycoplasma ... heart failure, ARDS ... , AIP) #Clinical
IDSA Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
of Pneumocystis Pneumonia ... (PCP) in HIV-AIDS ... Prevention #Treatment #PCP ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #management
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... virus • CMV • EBV ... • Common clinical ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... (< 50%) • S. pneumoniae
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... Change in clinical ... Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... medical and surgical management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... post-ABx, but can ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR
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 ... cough Pleuritic CP ... -> Miliary TB Can ... staining, NAA (PCR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... response preceding infection ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management