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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Pseudomembranous colitis ... → Fulminant Colitis ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... CLL Labs: 1. ... microglobulin Treatment ... Contamination, colitis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... : pneumonitis, colitis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... • Large volume feeding ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... hemorrhage • Treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... disease, ulcerative colitis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pathophysiology: 1. ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... Tuberculosis: 1. ... characteristic features Clinical ... malignancy, and chronic
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pathophysiology: 1. ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... Tuberculosis: 1. ... characteristic features Clinical ... malignancy, and chronic
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... patients such as: 1. ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... Lung Disease: • Clinical