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Infections in Immunocompromised Patients - Differential Diagnosis Summary
Innate Immunity:
 • Neutropenia
 • Phagocytic Deficiencies
 • Complement
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Solid Organ Transplant ... Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Transplant Infections ... Timeline Pre-transplant ... Protozoa: T. gondii #Transplant ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #infectiousdiseases
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Management Algorithm in Transplant ... Empiric therapy with probiotic ... Management #Algorithm #Transplant ... #diagnosis #differential
Safe Living After Transplant - Water Safety
Abrasions:
• If incurred during swimming in ocean or fresh water,
Safe Living After Transplant ... other than the transplant ... febrilepodcast #transplant ... water #safety #InfectiousDiseases ... #differential #diagnosis
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
Colovesical Fistula ... confirmed the diagnosis ... of a colovesical ... patient underwent robot-assisted ... colovesical fistula
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis ... Tetracyclines Diagnosis ... • Flex-Sig: If diagnostic ... Fecal Microbiota Transplant ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Solid Organ Transplant - Diarrhea - Diagnostic and Workup Algorithm
1st Tier Microbiologic Testing: CDiff (stool), CMV
Solid Organ Transplant ... - Diarrhea - Diagnostic ... Empiric Therapy with probiotic ... malabsorption #Diarrhea #Transplant ... #SolidOrgan #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Risk Factors

Areas with high rates of TB: 
India, Bangladesh, China, South Africa, Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan,
Kidney Disease, Transplant ... Risk #Factors #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... Mucormycosis Diagnosis ... Hematopoietic stem cell transplant ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis