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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... Infection) • MRI / CT ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... Infection) • MRI / CT ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
COVID-19 Patterns of Lung Findings on Chest CT
1. Reverse Halo Sign
2. ARDS
3. Crazy-Paving Pattern
4. Bilateral Peripheral
Findings on Chest CT ... ARDS 3. ... Patterns #Lung #Pulmonary ... #ChestCT #radiology
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
nonmotile, non-spore-forming ... acid-fast gram-positive ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... Microbiology #diagnosis #treatment ... #pulmonary #Bacteria
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
patient has a positive ... immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... • The positive ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
other cause of ARDS ... : 33% • Treatment ... heart failure, positive ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... : No • Treatment
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
, Advanced HIV/AIDS ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... AspGM can be also positive ... this morphology Treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
hump along may aid ... the diagnosis of pulmonary ... In this case, pulmonary ... confirmed with chest CT ... #CriticalCare #Radiology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... Antimicrobial treatment ... enhancement on CT ... and <25% culture positive ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
antibodies - MuSK-positive ... undergo chest CT ... Treatment: • Symptomatic ... treatment Of ocular ... myasthenia usually • Starts