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Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according ... to CT-scan patterns ... myelodysplastic syndrome ... #Lung #Infections
C5-C9 Deficiency - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Note:
 • Risk of invasive meningococcal disease is 1000-10000x higher
non-specific response to bacterial ... pathogens Bacterial ... MAC formation on bacterial ... channels within bacterial ... bacterial proteins
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
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Malformation Normal CXR/CT ... Bronchitis Diffuse CT ... Vasculitis Infection ... • Bacterial ... Goodpasture's Syndrome
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... CXR +/- High res CT ... and sputum cx (Bacterial
Pulmonary Complications Following Stem Cell Transplant

For patients in the pre- engraftment period (day 0-30):
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Pulmonary
infections - Pulmonary ... - Engraftment syndrome ... Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome ... engraftment): - Infectious ... CMV, adenovirus, bacterial
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Irritable bowel syndrome ... Parasitic infections ... imaging with barium, CT ... Malabsorption syndromes ... insufficiency, Bacterial
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... high-resolution chest CT ... ) • Broncho-arterial ... cultures (sputum for bacteria
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... Typhoid fever - Bacterial ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Fever • Bacterial ... or viral infection ... • Subacute bacterial ... Wilson's disease Pulmonary ... murmur, fever - Bacterial
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Pathogenesis and clinical ... • Increased susceptibility ... to infection, especially ... bacterial infections ... (e.g. bacterial