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"Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens. Based on: Centers for Disease Control
laboratory HIV testing ... on: Centers for Disease ... Laboratory Testing ... Diagnosis of HIV Infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #InfectiousDisease
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal infections ... Risk Factors, Disease ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... Invasive #Fungal #Infections ... #InfectousDiseases
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... - Due to Viral infection ... reticularis • Raynaud ... Positive Coombs testing ... setting - Mycoplasma
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... developing active infection ... intermediate risk of disease ... Tuberculin skin testing ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Testing ... this morphology Treatment ... Diseases Fellows ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... allopurinol), Infection ... , Alport Syndrome ... testing: anti-ANCA ... DAH, rule out infection
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... hemorrhage in the setting ... disseminated microbial disease ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
with more severe disease ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... Anti-UI-ribonucleoprotein - 35% • Raynaud ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Treatment: •
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
susceptibility testing ... • Laboratory testing ... Arthritis-Dermatitis syndrome ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases