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Top tips for triaging and treating kids with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome
#Diagnosis #Management #PatientInfo #Peds #Pediatrics #PittHopkins
for triaging and treating ... kids with Pitt ... Hopkins Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #PatientInfo
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Lyme Disease Pearls

Epidemiology: Ixodes scapularis carrying borrelia 
have spread and are now found in 
growing areas
days) is fine Treating ... doxycycline in kids ... old is fine #Diagnosis ... #Management #LymeDisease ... #Pearls #Map #Testing
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Understanding & Treating ... ARDS - Acute Respiratory ... @nickmmark #ARDS ... Acute #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... Toxoplasmosis of brain - Wasting ... syndrome due to HIV #AIDS ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #List
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
and Management ... susceptibility testing ... • Laboratory testing ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Febrile illness + ARDS ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
and Management ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... and Testing: • ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
Tularemia - Diagnosis ... and Management ... photophobia, increased tearing ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Immunocompromised patient: AIDS ... Ova and parasite testing ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis