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#protozoa #toxoplasma #leishmania #trypanosoma #babesia #malaria #plasmodium #cryptosporidium #cyclospora #cystisospora #entamoeba #acanthamoeba #microsporidia

#ID  #InfectiousDiseases
#protozoa #toxoplasma ... microsporidia #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... Microbiology #Micro #Differential
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
) • Protozoa: Toxoplasma ... Infections #Timeline #differential ... diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
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Lung Nodule - Differential ... Change in Size: • Scar ... Malignancy: • Primary lung ... Malformation #Lung ... #Nodule #Differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... PNEUMONIAS: • Toxoplasma ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Cryptococcus neoformans, Toxoplasma ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... pulmonary #diseases #differential
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
with underlying lung ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... including PML, toxoplasmic ... effect/Edema • Toxoplasma ... CNS #Infections #differential ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
200 (Rarely): Toxoplasma ... failure, COPD, Lung ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status • Chronic lung ... infections Lungs ... to NTM: Chronic lung ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
bronchi, trachea, or lungs ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... Diagnosis #List #Differential